Composition of decimal floating point data

Details Composition of decimal floating point data Composition of decimal floating point data

2007-04-26

2011-11-01

Mai, Tan V (Department: 2193)

Electrical computers: arithmetic processing and calculating

Electrical digital calculating computer

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ABSTRACT:
A decimal floating point finite number in a decimal floating point format is composed from the number in a different format. A decimal floating point format includes fields to hold information relating to the sign, exponent and significand of the decimal floating point finite number. Other decimal floating point data, including infinities and NaNs (not a number), are also composed. Decimal floating point data are also decomposed from the decimal floating point format to a different format.

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