computing, quadruple precision (or quad precision) is a binary floating-point–based computer number format that occupies 16 bytes (128 bits) with precision at...

Double-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP64 or float64) is a floating-point number format, usually occupying 64 bits in computer memory;...

Single-precision floating-point format (sometimes called FP32 or float32) is a computer number format, usually occupying 32 bits in computer memory; it...

In computing, half precision (sometimes called FP16 or float16) is a binary floating-point computer number format that occupies 16 bits (two bytes in modern...

In computing, octuple precision is a binary floating-point-based computer number format that occupies 32 bytes (256 bits) in computer memory. This 256-bit...

by using a floating radix point. This format is a shortened (16-bit) version of the 32-bit IEEE 754 single-precision floating-point format (binary32)...

Extended precision refers to floating-point number formats that provide greater precision than the basic floating-point formats. Extended-precision formats support...

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algorithm Microsoft Binary Format (MBF) Minifloat Q (number format) for constant resolution Quadruple-precision floating-point format (including double-double)...

figure skating jump Quadruple (computing), a term used as alternative for nibble in some contexts Quadruple-precision floating-point format in computing Multiple...

in some range, to some precision, to some degree. Decimal64 floating point is a relatively new decimal floating-point format, formally introduced in...

Hexadecimal floating point (now called HFP by IBM) is a format for encoding floating-point numbers first introduced on the IBM System/360 computers, and...

In computing, decimal128 is a decimal floating-point number format that occupies 128 bits in memory. Formally introduced in IEEE 754-2008, it is intended...

IEEE 754 standard. The standard defines: arithmetic formats: sets of binary and decimal floating-point data, which consist of finite numbers (including signed...

IEEE 754 binary floating-point formats are used for float and double respectively. The C99 standard includes new real floating-point types float_t and...

decimal floating-point computer numbering format that occupies 4 bytes (32 bits) in computer memory. Like the binary16 and binary32 formats, it is intended...

Compilers may also use long double for the IEEE 754 quadruple-precision binary floating-point format (binary128). This is the case on HP-UX, Solaris/SPARC...

attaining quadruple precision in numerical analysis; see Quadruple-precision floating-point format The Double Double, in astronomy, the quadruple star system...

slower than fixed-length format floating-point instructions. When high performance is not a requirement, but high precision is, variable length arithmetic...

In computing, Microsoft Binary Format (MBF) is a format for floating-point numbers which was used in Microsoft's BASIC languages, including MBASIC, GW-BASIC...

octuple-precision IEEE floating-point value. 1×10−6176 is equal to the smallest non-zero value that can be represented by a quadruple-precision IEEE decimal...

In computing, minifloats are floating-point values represented with very few bits. This reduced precision makes them ill-suited for general-purpose numerical...

"D" to signify double precision numbers in scientific notation, and newer Fortran compilers use "Q" to signify quadruple precision. The MATLAB programming...

Decimal floating-point (DFP) arithmetic refers to both a representation and operations on decimal floating-point numbers. Working directly with decimal...

delimited the value. Numbers can be stored in a fixed-point format, or in a floating-point format as a significand multiplied by an arbitrary exponent...

a floating-point number) which is undefined as a number, such as the result of 0/0. Systematic use of NaNs was introduced by the IEEE 754 floating-point...

digits) The maximum number that can fit in a 128-bit IEEE quadruple-precision floating-point format 2262,144 = 16,113,257,174,857,604,736,195,7...,753,862...

in the IEEE binary floating point formats, but they do exist in some other formats, including the IEEE decimal floating point formats. Some systems handle...

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floating-point number represents a limited-precision rational number that may have a fractional part. These numbers are stored internally in a format...