The two floating-point types are float and double : float « Java Source And Data Type « SCJP






float and double use 32 and 64 bits, respectively. 
Float literals end in F or f, double literals end in a digit or D or d.
Floating-point numbers are implicitly doubles (64 bits).

public class MainClass{
  public static void main(String[] argv){
    double myDouble;
    float myFloat;

    myDouble  = 1.1;
    myFloat  = 1.2F; // F stands for float 
  }

}

Ranges of the Floating-Point Primitive Types

Type           Size         

float          32 bits      
  
double         16 bits








1.11.float
1.11.1.The two floating-point types are float and double
1.11.2.A floating-point literal with a decimal point
1.11.3.A floating-point literal with letter E or e (scientific notation)
1.11.4.A floating-point literal with suffix F or f, indicating a float literal
1.11.5.Special floating-point values.
1.11.6.Two NaN values are defined in the java.lang package (Float.NaN and Double.NaN)
1.11.7.NaN values are non-ordinal for comparisons.
1.11.8.Use Float.isNaN(float) or Double.isNaN(double) to check NaN value