Floating Point

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf numerical data type
gptkbp:cause catastrophic cancellation
loss of significance
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:integral
fixed-point
gptkbp:definedIn gptkb:IEEE_754_standard
gptkbp:hasComponent sign bit
exponent
significand
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Floating Point
gptkbp:implementedIn gptkb:personal_computer
gptkb:software
gptkbp:represents nan
zero
infinity
very large numbers
very small numbers
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:IEEE
gptkbp:subject precision limitations
rounding errors
gptkbp:subspecies double precision
extended precision
single precision
gptkbp:used_in gptkb:mathematics
scientific computing
computer programming
financial calculations
graphics processing
gptkbp:usedFor representing real numbers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:FP
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6