title: Large number (disambiguation)
text: # Large number (disambiguation)
  
  A large number or the largest number are terms that may refer to:
  
  * Large numbers, for notations to exactly specify very large numbers
  * Names of large numbers, for the largest numbers with names
  
  ## In mathematics and physics
  
  * Infinity, a concept which can be used as a largest number in some contexts
  * Graham's number, once claimed as the largest number ever used in a serious mathematical proof
  * Largest known prime number, for the largest known primes
  * Dirac large numbers hypothesis, for cosmology.
  
  ## In computing
  
  * Arbitrary-precision arithmetic
  * The constant 127, 32767, 2147483647, or 9223372036854775807, in a byte, a word of 16, 32, or 64 bits in two's-complement format
  * The constant 255, 65535, 4294967295, or 18446744073709551615, in a byte, a word of 16, 32, or 64 bits with no sign bit
  * The constant 3.4028235e+38 or 1.7976931348623157e+308, in a word of 32 or 64 bits using the binary IEEE 754-2008 floating-point representation
  