What is "e-format"

alt. (context computing English) A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as .5175E+02 (meaning .5175 x 10²) n. (context computing English) A scientific notation for floating point numbers in which e.g. 51.75 would be represented as .5175E+02 (meaning .5175 x 10²)