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    In computing, floating-point arithmetic (FP) is arithmetic on subsets of real numbers formed by a significand (a signed sequence of a fixed number of digits...
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  • The IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is a technical standard for floating-point arithmetic originally established in 1985 by the...
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  • 754 floating-point standard noted, "For now the 10-byte Extended format is a tolerable compromise between the value of extra-precise arithmetic and the...
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    any floating-point hardware, the CPU emulates it using a series of simpler fixed-point arithmetic operations that run on the integer arithmetic logic...
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  • Decimal floating-point (DFP) arithmetic refers to both a representation and operations on decimal floating-point numbers. Working directly with decimal...
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  • Double-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP64 or float64) is a floating-point number format, usually occupying 64 bits in computer memory;...
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  • Language-independent arithmetic Primitive data type Scientific notation Crandall, Richard E.; Papadopoulos, Jason S. (2002-05-08). "Octuple-precision floating point on...
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  • Floating-point arithmetic is needed for very large or very small real numbers, or computations that require a large dynamic range. Floating-point representation...
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  • Zuse in 1936, was the first computer with floating-point arithmetic and was thus susceptible to floating-point error. Early computers, however, with operation...
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  • computing, half precision (sometimes called FP16 or float16) is a binary floating-point computer number format that occupies 16 bits (two bytes in modern computers)...
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  • Block floating point (BFP) is a method used to provide an arithmetic approaching floating point while using a fixed-point processor. BFP assigns a group...
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  • Gustafson proposed the Unum number system, a variant of tapered floating-point arithmetic with an exact bit added to the representation and some interval...
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  • Single precision (4FMAPS) – vector instructions for deep learning, floating point, single precision. VL, DQ, BW:  introduced with Skylake-X/SP and Cannon...
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  • included IEEE binary floating-point units which conform to the IEEE 754 Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic. IEEE decimal floating-point was added to IBM...
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    operations. While Java's floating-point arithmetic is largely based on IEEE 754 (Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic), certain features are not...
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    Division by zero (category Computer arithmetic)
    done with floating-point arithmetic, which since the 1980s has been standardized by the IEEE 754 specification. In IEEE floating-point arithmetic, numbers...
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  • the word used by IEEE 754, an important technical standard for floating-point arithmetic. In mathematics, the term "argument" may also be ambiguous, since...
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  • era did not have a floating-point coprocessor so all floating-point arithmetic had to be done in software. Borland's own floating-point algorithms on Real...
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  • design that incorporate a floating-point unit (FPU). The Intel 8087 was the first x86 device which supported floating-point arithmetic in hardware. It was designed...
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  • numeric values by using a floating radix point. A floating-point variable can represent a wider range of numbers than a fixed-point variable of the same bit...
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  • and symbolic computation or other extensions to basic floating-point arithmetic. In floating-point calculations, NaN is not the same as infinity, although...
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  • performs arithmetic in x86 80-bit floating-point and then rounds the result to IEEE 754 binary64 floating-point. Compared with the fixed-point number system...
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  • IEEE 754-2008 revision (category Floating point)
    known as IEEE 754r) is a revision of the IEEE 754 standard for floating-point arithmetic. It was published in August 2008 and is a significant revision...
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    better use of available computer hardware, such as IEEE 754-1985 floating-point arithmetic, and compiler technology. The C11 version of the C programming...
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  • The term arithmetic underflow (also floating-point underflow, or just underflow) is a condition in a computer program where the result of a calculation...
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  • refer to: Floating Point, a jazz music album by John McLaughlin Floating Points, a British electronic music DJ and producer Floating Point Systems, an...
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  • since 1964 Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Illinois ILLIAC III computer in 1966 Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SDS Sigma 7 computer...
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  • arbitrary-precision arithmetic, also called bignum arithmetic, multiple-precision arithmetic, or sometimes infinite-precision arithmetic, indicates that calculations...
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  • standard for floating-point arithmetic, with extended binary floating-point arithmetic and (optional) decimal floating-point arithmetic. The constexpr...
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  • arithmetic like floating-point arithmetic; rather, it is inherent to subtraction, when the inputs are approximations themselves. Indeed, in floating-point...
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