It is a non-terminating decimal. It would be properly written as 0.23456 with a bar over the 5 and 6 ONLY.
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A terminating decimal.
Decimal.
Any real number can be represented as a decimal number.
The name for a decimal of this kind is "recurring".
A terminating decimal or a decimal that, after a finite number of digits, settles into a repeating pattern (known as a recurring decimal). This need not happen straight after the decimal point.