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that part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.
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Significand — The significand (also coefficient or mantissa) is part of a floating point number, consisting of its significant digits. Depending on the interpretation of the exponent, the significand may represent an integer or a fraction. Contents 1 Examples… … Wikipedia
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Decimal32 floating-point format — 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 In com … Wikipedia
Decimal64 floating-point format — 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 In com … Wikipedia
Decimal128 floating-point format — 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 In com … Wikipedia
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Quadruple-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… … Wikipedia
IEEE 754-2008 — The IEEE Standard for Floating Point Arithmetic (IEEE 754) is the most widely used standard for floating point computation, and is followed by many hardware (CPU and FPU) and software implementations. Many computer languages allow or require that … Wikipedia
