floating-point features
1Quadruple-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… …
2Features new to Windows Vista — This article is part of a series on Windows Vista New features Overview Technical and core system Security and safety Networking technologies I/O technologies Management and administration Removed features …
3Floating island (fiction) — A floating island in fiction (sometimes called a flying island), is a fictitious landmass that either floats in a body of water (like Vadanis in The Guardian Cycle of novels) or flies above the surface of the earth (or in some cases through the… …
4Floating city (science fiction) — In science fiction, floating cities are settlements that strictly use buoyancy to remain in the atmosphere of a planet. However the term generally refers to any city that is flying, hovering, or otherwise suspended in the air via any means… …
5Floating Production Storage and Offloading — A Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel (FPSO; also called a unit and a system ) is a type of floating tank system used by the offshore oil and gas industry and designed to take all of the oil or gas produced from a nearby platform… …
6Floating interest rate — A floating interest rate, also known as a variable rate or adjustable rate, refers to any type debt instrument, such as a loan, bond, mortgage, or credit, that does not have a fixed rate of interest over the life of the instrument. Such debt… …
7Point Roberts, Washington — Infobox Settlement official name = Point Roberts settlement type = Unincorporated community nickname = The Point, Point Bob, Roberts Point imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = Red dot (above) indicates location of Point… …
8Floating craps — The term Floating Craps refers to an illegal operation of the dice game craps. The term floating refers to the practice of the game s operators using portable tables and equipment to quickly move the game from location to location to stay ahead… …
9Fixed-point arithmetic — In computing, a fixed point number representation is a real data type for a number that has a fixed number of digits after (and sometimes also before) the radix point ( e.g. , after the decimal point . in English decimal notation). Fixed point… …
10Technical features new to Windows Vista — This article is part of a series on Windows Vista New features Overview Technical and core system Security and safety Networking technologies I/O technologies Management and administration Removed features …
