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浮点数的详解(国外英语资料) What about floating numbers 2007-12-21 22:351. what is floating point numbers? In the development of computer systems, many methods have been proposed to express real numbers. Typically, such as the number of fixed points relative to a floating-point number (Fixed, Point, Number). In this expression, the decimal point is fixed at a position in the middle of all digits of the real number. The expression of money can be used in this way, such as 99 or 0.99, which can be used to express four bit precision (Precision) and two bit currency values after the decimal point. Since the decimal point is fixed, the four bit value can be used to express the corresponding value directly. The NUMBER data type in SQL is defined by the number of fixed points. There is also a proposed expression for the expression of rational numbers, that is, the ratio of two integers to express the real number. The disadvantage of fixed-point representation is that its form is too rigid, and the fixed decimal point position determines the integer part and the fractional part of the fixed digit, which is not conducive to the simultaneous expression of a particularly large number or a very small number. In the end, most modern computer systems adopted what is known as floating-point representation. This expression uses scientific notation to express real numbers, that is, to use a mantissa (Mantissa), a cardinal number (Base), an index (Exponent), and a symbol that represents positive and negative numbers to express real numbers. For example, 123.45 decimal scientific notation can be expressed as 1.2345 * 102, of which 1.2345 are mantissa, 10 is base, and 2 is index. Floating point numbers use the index to achieve the effect of floating point numbers, thus flexibly representing a larger range of real numbers. Hint: mantissa is sometimes referred to as a valid number (Significand). An informal statement that mantissa is actually a valid number. The same value can be expressed in a varie