Encyclopedia results for Floating point

1. Floating point
   
   In computing , floating point describes a system for numerical representation in which a String computer science string of digits or bit s represents a real number . The term floating point refers to the fact ..
   
   
   
   
2. Technical Floating Point
   
   Orphan date November 2006 Confusing date December 2006 The Technical Floating Point TFP model was a new ... by Advanced Micro Devices AMD . It was used to replace the x87 floating point capabilities in the original ..
   
   
   
   
3. IBM Floating Point Architecture
   
   floating point floating point format. The format is used by SAS Transport files as required ... the output of weather prediction models, and in GDSII stream format files. Hexadecimal floating point ..
   
   
   
   
4. Floating point unit
   
   A floating point unit FPU is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating ... embedded processor s, especially older designs, do not have hardware support for floating point operations ..
   
   
   
   
5. Decimal floating point
   
   floating point arithmetic refers to both a representation and operations on decimal floating point ... to base 2 exponents. The advantage of decimal floating point representation over decimal Fixed ..
   
   
   
   
6. Evergreen Point Floating Bridge
   
   Infobox Bridge image Evergreen Point Floating Bridge.jpg caption Traffic on the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge at night, looking west. bridge name Evergreen Point Floating Bridge official name Governor ..
   
   
   
   
7. Floating Point Systems
   
   Floating Point Systems Inc. FPS was a Beaverton, Oregon vendor of minisupercomputer s. The company was founded ... floating point coprocessor s for minicomputers . In 1976, the FPS AP 120B AP 120B vector ..
   
   
   
   
8. Floating Bridge
   
   the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge or Evergreen Point Floating ...The term Floating Bridge can to refer to A cable ferry , especially one designed by British civil engineer ..
   
   
   
   
9. Floating ground
   
   to a grounding point. Some older electronic equipment may be designed purposely with floating grounds ...A floating ground circuit is a circuit in which the Ground electricity ground is not used as a fixed ..
   
   
   
   
10. Floating airport
    
    advert date August 2008 copyedit date August 2008 expert date August 2008 A Floating airport is an airport that would be built and situated on a very large floating structure VLFS located many miles out ..
    
    
    
    
11. Floating tone
    
    unreferenced date April 2008 Suprasegmentals A floating tone is a morpheme or element of a morpheme that contains ... . Bambara has two phoneme phonemic tones, high and low. In this language, the definite article is a floating ..
    
    
    
    
12. Floating charge
    
    A floating charge is a security interest over a fund of changing assets of a company law company or a limited ... point the charge attaches to specific assets. The conversion called crystallisation can be triggered ..
    
    
    
    
13. Floating signifier
    
    Floating signifiers or empty signifiers is a term used in Semiotics to denote signifier s without referents, such as a word that doesn t point to any actual object or agreed upon meaning. Origin and definition ..
    
    
    
    
14. Floating craps
    
    features a major plot point revolving around a floating craps game. References reflist Category Dice ...The term Floating Craps refers to an illegal operation of the dice game craps . The term floating refers ..
    
    
    
    
15. Floating city
    
    Floating city may mean Floating city science fiction , settlements that use buoyancy to remain in the atmosphere ... humans to live permanently in areas of Earth covered in water Floating city may also refer to Freedom ..
    
    
    
    
16. Floating University
    
    Floating University may refer to Flying University , Uniwersytet Lataj?cy , sometimes also translated Floating University Oceanic II ship Oceanic II ship , an ocean liner being refitted for use as ocean ..
    
    
    
    
17. Floating island
    
    about floating islands in fiction Floating island fiction the French dessert Floating island dessert Image Titikaka Uros.jpg thumb 300px Uros island A floating island is a mass of floating aquatic plants ..
    
    
    
    
18. Floating shelf
    
    Orphan date September 2008 A floating shelf is a form of shelf designed so as to avoid showing any unsightly brackets, appearing as though it is floating on the wall. Design and Use Image Floating shelf ..
    
    
    
    
19. Timber floating
    
    commonscat Timber floating may refer to one of the following. Log driving Timber rafting disambig Category Forestry Category Wood Category Water transport Category Forestry occupations ..
    
    
    
    
20. Floating hinge
    
    A floating hinge is a hinge that, while able to behave as a normal hinge, enables one of the objects .... Floating hinges are used in flatbed scanner s designed to scan thick objects such as books ..
    
    
    
    
21. Floating battery
    
    Image FNLave1854.jpg thumb French Navy ironclad floating battery Lave , 1854. This ironclad, together ... 1855 . Image DevastationClassCrimeanWinter1855 1856.JPG thumb Ironclad floating battery of the Dévastation ..
    
    
    
    
22. Floating canvass
    
    Orphan date September 2006 Floating Canvass is a term used by tailor s to describe the cloth construction ... canvas s. This is then sewn into the front of a coat. For a picture of a floating canvass, click ..
    
    
    
    
23. Floating floor
    
    A Floating Floor is a floor that does not need to be nailed or glued to the subfloor. The term floating ... context. A sprung floor is a special type of floating floor designed to enhance sports or dance ..
    
    
    
    
24. Floating Seeds
    
    Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Floating Seeds Type Remix Longtype Artist Ozric Tentacles Cover Ozrics floating seeds cover.jpg Released 1999 Recorded Genre Psychedelic rock br Space ..
    
    
    
    
25. Floating currency
    
    Unreferenced date February 2008 Merge floating exchange rate date February 2008 Foreign Exchange A floating currency is a currency that uses a floating exchange rate as its exchange rate regime . A floating ..
    
    
    
    

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