Definition:Floating-Point Operation
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Definition
A floating-point operation is an arithmetic operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) performed on floating-point numbers.
Also see
- Results about floating-point operations can be found here.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): floating-point representation
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): floating-point representation