COMPUTER SCIENCE ILLUMIN.-TEXT
COMPUTER SCIENCE ILLUMIN.-TEXT
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ISBN: 9781284156010
Author: Dale
Publisher: Jones & Barlett
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Chapter 2, Problem 45E
Program Plan Intro

Fixed-size numbers:

  • Fixed size numbers are used to represent real numbers by simply fixing binary point to be at some position.
  • The two main parameters used for defining fixed point numbers are:
    • Width of the number representation
    • Binary point position within the number.
  • They are mainly used for representing fractional values (that is no floating point unit).

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