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Identifying Terminating Decimals in Lab Measurements

A technician at a pharmaceutical company is converting a fractional dosage of 7/8 milligrams into a decimal for an automated dispensing system. After performing the long division, the technician finds that the division ends because the remainder reaches zero. According to the standard procedure for fraction-to-decimal conversion, what is the specific mathematical term used to describe this type of decimal?

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