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FLOATING-POINT REPRESENTATION SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does floating-point representation system mean?
• FLOATING-POINT REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (noun)
The noun FLOATING-POINT REPRESENTATION SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. a radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
Familiarity information: FLOATING-POINT REPRESENTATION SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLOATING-POINT REPRESENTATION SYSTEM (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A radix numeration system in which the location of the decimal point is indicated by an exponent of the radix; in the floating-point representation system, 0.0012 is represented as 0.12-2 where -2 is the exponent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
floating-point notation; floating-point representation system
Hypernyms ("floating-point representation system" is a kind of...):
mathematical notation (a notation used by mathematicians)
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