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floating-point
<programming> A number representation consisting of a mantissa, M, an
exponent, E, and an (assumed) radix (or "base") . The number represented is
M*R^E where R is the radix - usually ten but sometimes 2.
Many different representations are used for the mantissa and exponent
themselves. The IEEE specify a standard representation which is used by many
hardware floating-point systems.
See also floating-point accelerator, floating-point unit.
Normalisation is the process of converting a floating point number into
canonical form where any number other than zero has a mantissa whose first digit
is non-zero.
Opposite: fixed-point.
(1995-03-21)
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floating-point accelerator
(FPA) Additional hardware to perform functions on floating-point numbers such as
addition, multiplication, logarithms, exponentials, trigonometric functions and
various kinds of rounding and error detection. A floating-point accelerator
often functions as a co-processor to the CPU.
The term "floating-point accelerator" suggests a physically larger system, often
an extra circuit board, whereas a "floating-point unit" is probably a single
chip or even part of a chip.
(1994-12-01)
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Floating-Point Unit
(FPU) A floating-point accelerator, usually in a single integrated circuit,
possible on the same IC as the central processing unit.
(1994-10-27)
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