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floating-point number
A number written in the form a × bᶜ, e.g. 3.75 × 10³ (a being the mantissa, b, the base and c, the exponent).
floating-point operation
Alternative form of floating point operation [(computing) Any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, performed on floating point numbers using a single operation.]
floating-point notation
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; the floating-point representation of 0.0012 is 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
floating-point representation system
a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; the floating-point representation of 0.0012 is 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
floating-point unit
(computer hardware) A microprocessor that performs floating-point arithmetic. In older models of computer the FPU was not integrated into the central processing unit, but rather as a coprocessor if included at all.
floating-point accelerator
floating-point specbaserate
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