IEEE 754

IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic
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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]

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  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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