Floating Point Representation
Allows us to represent decimals (real numbers)
Mantissa represents the actual number
Exponent tells you how far to "slide/float" the decimal place (from the front)
NIGHTMARE!!!!
Mantissa affects the ACCURACY!!
Exponent affects the RANGE!!
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
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