The term floating point is derived from the fact that there is no fixed number of digits before and after the decimal point; namely, the decimal point can float. There are also representations in ...
bytes : byte2 byte1 byte4 byte3</pre> <BR>Now, I know that in the bit representation above, bit 1 is the sign bit, bits 2 through 9 are the exponent, and bits 10 through 32 are the ...