IEEE Floating Point Representation (FPR)
value = (-1)s x (1 + F) x 2E - 127
s exponent (E) significand or fraction (F)
1
8
23
32 bits
F is a fraction of the form .xxx … x
0.510 .100 … 0
2-1
2-2
2-3
0.37510 .011 … 0
Exception: 000 … 0 represents zero!
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