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  2. Round-off error - Wikipedia

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    Round-by-chop: The base-expansion of is truncated after the ()-th digit. This rounding rule is biased because it always moves the result toward zero. Round-to-nearest: () is set to the nearest floating-point number to . When there is a tie, the floating-point number whose last stored digit is even (also, the last digit, in binary form, is equal ...

  3. Talk:Round-off error - Wikipedia

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    Break ties by rounding either to an even digit (default), or away from zero. Round to −∞: Round to a value less than or equal to the original number. If the original number is positive, this is equivalent to truncation. Round to +∞: Round to a value greater than or equal to the original number. If the original number is negative, this is ...

  4. Approximations of π - Wikipedia

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    In the 3rd century BCE, Archimedes proved the sharp inequalities 223 ⁄ 71 < π < 22 ⁄ 7, by means of regular 96-gons (accuracies of 2·10 −4 and 4·10 −4, respectively). [15] In the 2nd century CE, Ptolemy used the value 377 ⁄ 120, the first known approximation accurate to three decimal places (accuracy 2·10 −5). [16]

  5. Windows 9x - Wikipedia

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    Windows 9x is a generic term referring to a line of discontinued Microsoft Windows operating systems from 1995 to 2000, which were based on the Windows 95 kernel and its underlying foundation of MS-DOS, [4] both of which were updated in subsequent versions.

  6. 2014 Isla Vista killings - Wikipedia

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    Undated driver's license photo of Rodger. Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger was born on July 24, 1991, in London, England. [1] [2] Rodger faced mental health problems as a child; he struggled in social situations, often cried in crowds, and displayed repetitive behaviors.

  7. British hardened field defences of World War II - Wikipedia

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    The type 28A is an important and common variant – it is more common than the unmodified type 28. It is wider than the type 28 to allow for a side area for an infantry chamber, giving a forward-facing embrasure suitable for a rifle or light machine gun. This resolved the problem of the type 28 being vulnerable to a head-on infantry attack.

  8. QUIC - Wikipedia

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    QUIC was developed with HTTP in mind, and HTTP/3 was its first application. [34] [35] DNS-over-QUIC is an application of QUIC to name resolution, providing security for data transferred between resolvers similar to DNS-over-TLS. [36]

  9. AmigaOS - Wikipedia

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    An unusual feature of AmigaOS is the use of multiple screens shown on the same display. Each screen may have a different video resolution or color depth. AmigaOS 2.0 added support for public screens, allowing applications to open windows on other applications' screens. Prior to AmigaOS 2.0, only the Workbench screen was shared. [10]