Floating-point Representation System (Noun)
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The floating-point representation system is widely used in computers and calculators due to its ability to represent a wide range of numbers.
- The scientist studied the properties of the floating-point representation system to improve the accuracy of numerical computations.
- The programmer chose to implement the floating-point representation system in her code to optimize memory usage.
- In the floating-point representation system, numbers can be represented in various formats, such as normalized and denormalized.
- The instructor explained the concept of the floating-point representation system to her students using examples of binary and decimal representations.