floating-point arithmetic

floating point arithmetic — noun arithmetic involving floating point numbers …   Australian English dictionary

Floating point — In computing, floating point describes a method of representing real numbers in a way that can support a wide range of values. Numbers are, in general, represented approximately to a fixed number of significant digits and scaled using an exponent …   Wikipedia

Floating-point unit — An Intel 80287 A floating point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication,… …   Wikipedia

Floating point unit — A floating point unit (FPU) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root. Some systems (particularly… …   Wikipedia

floating-point unit — noun 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. See Also: central processing unit, execution… …   Wiktionary

floating-point — [flōt′iŋ point΄] adj. designating or of a system of arithmetic, used esp. in computer science, having its numbers expressed in scientific notation (Ex.: 0.0003 becomes 3 × 10 4) * * * float·ing point (flōʹtĭng point ) adj. Of, relating to, or… …   Universalium

floating-point — [flōt′iŋ point΄] adj. designating or of a system of arithmetic, used esp. in computer science, having its numbers expressed in scientific notation (Ex.: 0.0003 becomes 3 × 10 4) …   English World dictionary

floating-point operation — noun an arithmetic operation performed on floating point numbers this computer can perform a million flops per second • Syn: ↑flop • Hypernyms: ↑computer operation, ↑machine operation * * * floating point operation noun (computing) …   Useful english dictionary

Fixed-point arithmetic — In computing, a fixed point number representation is a real data type for a number that has a fixed number of digits after (and sometimes also before) the radix point ( e.g. , after the decimal point . in English decimal notation). Fixed point… …   Wikipedia

Decimal floating point — Floating point precisions IEEE 754: 16 bit: Half (binary16) 32 bit: Single (binary32), decimal32 64 bit: Double (binary64), decimal64 128 bit: Quadruple (binary128), decimal128 Other: Minifloat · Extended precision Arbitrary precision… …   Wikipedia

Decimal128 floating-point format — Floating point precisions IEEE 754: 16 bit: Half (binary16) 32 bit: Single (binary32), decimal32 64 bit: Double (binary64), decimal64 128 bit: Quadruple (binary128), decimal128 Other: Minifloat · Extended precision Arbitrary precision In com …   Wikipedia