👉 In computer science, the term "mantissa" is used to refer to the value of a number expressed in decimal form. The mantissa is often denoted by a colon ":" and represents the exponent or power at which a given base number (a number that is not a whole number) is raised to another number. For example: - 32: This means "three squared" or "3 to the power of two", since 3^2 equals 9. - 1