Fixed-point arithmetic — In computing, a fixed point number representation is a real data type for a number that has a fixed number of digits after (and sometimes also before) the radix point ( e.g. , after the decimal point . in English decimal notation). Fixed point… … Wikipedia
Fixed point — has many meanings in science, most of them mathematical. *Fixed point (mathematics) *Fixed point combinator *Fixed point arithmetic, a manner of doing arithmetic on computers *For “fixed points” in physics, see Renormalization group *Fixed points … Wikipedia
fixed-point — [fikst′point′] adj. designating, of, or having to do with a system of arithmetic, used esp. in computer science, having its numbers expressed with a given, fixed decimal or binary point * * * fixed point (fĭkstʹpoint ) adj. Of, relating to, or… … Universalium
fixed-point — [fikst′point′] adj. designating, of, or having to do with a system of arithmetic, used esp. in computer science, having its numbers expressed with a given, fixed decimal or binary point … English World dictionary
fixed point — noun : any one of several definite temperatures determined by natural phenomena (as the freezing point of water) and used as reference points in the calibrating of thermometers * * * 1. n. Physics a well defined reproducible temperature that can… … Useful english dictionary
Arithmetic coding — is a method for lossless data compression. Normally, a string of characters such as the words hello there is represented using a fixed number of bits per character, as in the ASCII code. Like Huffman coding, arithmetic coding is a form of… … Wikipedia
Arithmetic shift — In computer programming, an arithmetic shift is a shift operator, sometimes known as a signed shift (though it is not restricted to signed operands). For binary numbers it is a bitwise operation that shifts all of the bits of its operand; every… … Wikipedia
Arithmetic precision — The precision of a value describes the number of digits that are used to express that value. In a scientific setting this would be the total number of digits (sometimes called the significant figures or significant digits) or, less commonly, the… … Wikipedia
Floating point — In computing, floating point describes a method of representing real numbers in a way that can support a wide range of values. Numbers are, in general, represented approximately to a fixed number of significant digits and scaled using an exponent … Wikipedia
Floating-point unit — An Intel 80287 A floating point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication,… … Wikipedia
Floating point unit — A floating point unit (FPU) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root. Some systems (particularly… … Wikipedia