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markgritter

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Why is the standard for floating point arithmetic called "IEEE 754"? Is the number significant?

Why is the standard for floating point arithmetic called "IEEE 754"? Is the number significant?

The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) writes many standards, everything from “which symbols to use for units of measurement” (IEEE 260) to LANs (IEEE 802) to programming languages (IEEE 1178). The standards

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jfmherokiller

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IEEE Standard 754 Floating-Point

IEEE Standard 754 Floating-Point

IEEE Standard 754 Floating Point Numbers IEEE Standard 754 floating point is the most common representation today for real numbers on computers, including Intel-based PC's, Macintoshes, and most Unix

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