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[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 9 minutes ago) (2 children)

Nope, percentage is just short for 1/100. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage

Edit: /100, would be more accurate than 1/100. shrug

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 13 minutes ago (1 children)

What do you think the "per" in "percent" means?

[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 1 points 5 minutes ago

/

You could also just click on the wikipedia link.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 hours ago

You're not understanding the application. It is a ratio of relative proportion.