floating point computation
101Number theory — A Lehmer sieve an analog computer once used for finding primes and solving simple diophantine equations. Number theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers (the… …
102List of numerical analysis software — Listed here are a number of computer programs used for performing numerical calculations: * acslX is a software application for modeling and evaluating the performance of continuous systems described by time dependent, nonlinear differential… …
103Ziggurat algorithm — The ziggurat algorithm is an algorithm to generate random numbers from a non uniform distribution. It belongs to the class of rejection sampling algorithms and can be used for choosing values from a monotone decreasing probability distribution.… …
104Exception handling — is a programming language construct or computer hardware mechanism designed to handle the occurrence of exceptions, special conditions that change the normal flow of program execution. Programming languages differ considerably in their support… …
105Very long instruction word — or VLIW refers to a CPU architecture designed to take advantage of instruction level parallelism (ILP). A processor that executes every instruction one after the other (i.e. a non pipelined scalar architecture) may use processor resources… …
106Direct3D — is part of Microsoft s DirectX API. Direct3D is only available for Microsoft s various Windows operating systems (Windows 95 and above) and is the base for the graphics API on the Xbox and Xbox 360 console systems. Direct3D is used to render… …
107Generating trigonometric tables — In mathematics, tables of trigonometric functions are useful in a number of areas. Before the existence of pocket calculators, trigonometric tables were essential for navigation, science and engineering. The calculation of mathematical tables was …
108Three-way comparison — In computer science, a three way comparison takes two values A and B belonging to a type with a total order and determines whether A < B, A = B, or A > B in a single operation, in accordance with the mathematical law of trichotomy. Machine level… …
109InfiniteReality — refers to a 3D graphics hardware architecture and a family of graphics systems that implemented the aforementioned hardware architecture that was developed and manufactured by Silicon Graphics from 1996 to 2005. The InfiniteReality was positioned …
110Binary numeral system — Numeral systems by culture Hindu Arabic numerals Western Arabic (Hindu numerals) Eastern Arabic Indian family Tamil Burmese Khmer Lao Mongolian Thai East Asian numerals Chinese Japanese Suzhou Korean Vietnamese …
