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Authors:
Linda Null ,julia Lobur
Chapter:
Data Representation In Computer Systems
Exercise:
Review Of Essential Terms And Concepts
Question:14 | ISBN:9780763704445 | Edition: 3

Question

14. What are the three component parts of a floating-point number?

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Answer

 In digital computers, Floating point number consists of three parts: a sign bit(which will specify the sign positive or negative), an exponent part (which represents on powers of 2) and a fractional part called significand (which is also called as Mantissa)

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