Floating-Point Formats

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Data Formats and Floating-Point Operation
Example 5–2. Negative Number
0 1 C 0 0 0 0 0 Hex value
0000 0001 1100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Binary value
Exponent = 0000 00012 = 1
Sign = 1
Fraction = .100002
Value = 10.12 × 21 = 1012. = –3
Fraction
Implied
Sign
Example 5–3. Fractional Number
F B 4 0 0 0 0 0 Hex value
1111 1011 0100 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 Binary value
Exponent = 1111 10112 = –5
Sign = 0
Fraction = .100002
Value = 01.12 × 2–5 = .0000112 = 3/64
Fraction
Implied
Sign
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