Theory of Intelligence
9TH•Computer Science•Number Systems•Question 9

Solution

How is the range of floating-point numbers calculated for single precision?

Solution

Single precision uses 1 sign bit, 8 exponent bits, and 23 mantissa bits; with exponent bias, the approximate range is about 1.4×10−451.4 \times 10^{-45} to 3.4×10383.4 \times 10^{38}.

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