2 When using the IEEE 754 format what is the meaning of over

2. When using the IEEE 754 format, what is the meaning of overflow and underflow, respectively? (4%)

Solution

Ques 2:

IEEE Standard 754 format is the floating point format, which is commonly used today to represent real numbers on computers.

In IEEE 754 format:

2. Underflow shows a loss of precision, which is guaranteed to be closely approximated by zero. In underflow the number is too small to be represented in the exponent field.

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