What is exponentiation with an example

Answer 1

It means "power".
Like 5² is read "5 raised to power 2"
Here
*5 is the base
*2 is the exponent

Examples
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5**3 = 5*5*5 = 125
3**4 = 3*3*3*3 = 81

Answer 2

The name for (**) this thing is different, in python we call it Power Operator in JavaScript we call it exponentiation operator, introduced in ES 2016 this operator is Equivalent to the Math.pow(), it Just gives you the Power of Some given Number For Example if we want 2**2 the output will be 4.

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