The termdecimal point properly refers only to those signs marking the boundary betweeninteger anddecimal numbers with apoint. For convenience, it is also used to speak of marks serving a similar function in other cultures. The use ofdecimal point to meanone of the digits in the fractional part of a decimal is, however, typically taken to be mistaken.
In some countries, especially those incontinental Europe, the symbol used is a comma, and so the word used in the languages spoken in these countries is often the same as or derived from the word forcomma.
