IEEE 754 (Floating Point Arithmetic)

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:standard
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:personal_computer
gptkb:software
gptkbp:category gptkb:IEEE_standards
computer standards
numerical computing
gptkbp:defines binary floating-point formats
decimal floating-point formats
double precision format
exception handling
floating-point arithmetic formats
half precision format
operations for floating-point arithmetic
quadruple precision format
rounding rules
single precision format
gptkbp:domain computer arithmetic
gptkbp:firstPublished 1985
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:IEEE_Standard_for_Floating-Point_Arithmetic
gptkbp:hasRevision gptkb:IEEE_754-1985
gptkb:IEEE_754-2008
gptkb:IEEE_754-2019
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label IEEE 754 (Floating Point Arithmetic)
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:IEEE_854
gptkb:ISO/IEC/IEEE_60559
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion gptkb:IEEE_754-2019
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers
gptkbp:replacedBy older floating-point formats
gptkbp:specifies arithmetic operations
canonical encoding
comparison operations
exponent field
floating-point exceptions
format conversions
quiet NaN
representation of NaN (Not a Number)
representation of infinity
representation of subnormal numbers
representation of zero
rounding to nearest
rounding toward negative infinity
rounding toward positive infinity
rounding toward zero
sign bit
signaling NaN
significand (mantissa) field
total ordering of floating-point numbers
gptkbp:usedBy most modern CPUs
most programming languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:IEEE
gptkb:IEEE_Standards_Association
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4