IEEE 754
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IEEE 754
Summary
IEEE 754 ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,358 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- IEEE 754 was published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[2].
- IEEE 754 is a type of IEEE standard[3].
- IEEE 754's Commons category is recorded as IEEE 754[4].
- IEEE 754's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
- IEEE 754 comprises half-precision floating-point format[6].
- IEEE 754 comprises single-precision floating-point format[7].
- IEEE 754 comprises double-precision floating-point format[8].
- IEEE 754 comprises quadruple-precision floating-point format[9].
- IEEE 754 comprises decimal32 floating-point format[10].
- IEEE 754 comprises decimal64 floating-point format[11].
- IEEE 754 comprises decimal128 floating-point format[12].
- IEEE 754's has edition or translation is recorded as IEEE 754-2008 revision[13].
- IEEE 754's has edition or translation is recorded as IEEE 754-1985: IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic[14].
- IEEE 754's official website is recorded as http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/754/[15].
- IEEE 754's main subject is floating point[16].
- IEEE 754's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic'}[17].
- IEEE 754's standards body is recorded as Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers[18].
- IEEE 754's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/ieee-754[19].
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Definition and Type
IEEE 754 is a type of IEEE standard[3].
Use and Application
Components include half-precision floating-point format[6], a floating point[20]; single-precision floating-point format[7]; double-precision floating-point format[8]; quadruple-precision floating-point format[9], a floating point[21]; decimal32 floating-point format[10], a decimal floating point[22]; and decimal64 floating-point format[11], a decimal floating point[23].
Why It Matters
IEEE 754 ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,358 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]