arithmetic point
51floating-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) …
52mean point of impact — The point whose coordinates are the arithmetic means of the coordinates of the separate points of impact/burst of a finite number of projectiles fired or released at the same aiming point under a given set of conditions …
53floating-point — [flōt′iŋ point΄] adj. designating or of a system of arithmetic, used esp. in computer science, having its numbers expressed in scientific notation (Ex.: 0.0003 becomes 3 × 10 4) …
54Percentage point — Percentage points (pp) are the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages. Consider the following hypothetical example: in 1980, 40 percent of the population smoked, and in 1990 only 30 percent smoked. We can thus say that from 1980 to …
55floating-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… …
56mean point of impact — The arithmetic means of points of impacts of all the weapons launched against the same aiming point …
57one's strong point — something at which one excels arithmetic had never been my strong point …
58Pierre Deligne — Pierre Deligne, March 2005 Born 3 October 1944 (1944 10 03 …
59mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… …
60Pointer (computing) — This article is about the programming data type. For the input interface (for example a computer mouse), see Pointing device. Pointer a pointing to the memory address associated with variable b. Note that in this particular diagram, the computing …
