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It is more suitable to store sequence data where floating-point values appear continuously, monotonously increasing or decreasing, and it is not suitable for storing sequence data with high precision requirements after the decimal point or with large fluctuations.")],1),e._v(" "),n("blockquote",[n("p",[e._v("TS_2DIFF and RLE have precision limit for data type of float and double. By default, two decimal places are reserved. GORILLA is recommended.")])]),e._v(" "),n("ul",[n("li",[e._v("GORILLA")])]),e._v(" "),n("p",[e._v("GORILLA encoding is lossless. 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