floating-point computer
11floating-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) …
12floating-point — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : expressed in, using, or being a mathematical notation in which a number is represented (as in a computer display) by an integer or a decimal fraction usually with a positive or negative exponent indicating the number… …
13floating-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… …
14Quadruple-precision floating-point format — In computing, quadruple precision (also commonly shortened to quad precision) is a binary floating point computer number format that occupies 16 bytes (128 bits) in computer memory. In IEEE 754 2008 the 128 bit base 2 format is officially… …
15Decimal 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… …
16floating-point — adjective Date: 1948 expressed in, using, or being a mathematical notation in which a number is represented (as in a computer display) by an integer or a decimal fraction multiplied by a power of the number base indicated by an exponent (as in… …
17floating point — a decimal point whose location is not fixed, used esp. in computer operations. * * * …
18floating point — a decimal point whose location is not fixed, used esp. in computer operations …
19floating point operation — noun any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, that a particular computer can perform using a single operation …
20Double-precision floating-point format — In computing, double precision is a computer number format that occupies two adjacent storage locations in computer memory. A double precision number, sometimes simply called a double, may be defined to be an integer, fixed point, or floating… …
