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  2. Single-precision floating-point format - Wikipedia

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    Each of the 24 bits of the significand (including the implicit 24th bit), bit 23 to bit 0, represents a value, starting at 1 and halves for each bit, as follows: bit 23 = 1 bit 22 = 0.5 bit 21 = 0.25 bit 20 = 0.125 bit 19 = 0.0625 bit 18 = 0.03125 bit 17 = 0.015625 . . bit 6 = 0.00000762939453125 bit 5 = 0.000003814697265625 bit 4 = 0. ...

  3. Minifloat - Wikipedia

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    A minifloat in 1 byte (8 bit) with 1 sign bit, 4 exponent bits and 3 significand bits (in short, a 1.4.3 minifloat) is demonstrated here. The exponent bias is defined as 7 to center the values around 1 to match other IEEE 754 floats [ 3 ] [ 4 ] so (for most values) the actual multiplier for exponent x is 2 x −7 .

  4. Point (typography) - Wikipedia

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    The DTP point is defined as 1 ⁄ 72 of an inch (or exactly 0.352 7 mm) and, as with earlier American point sizes, is considered to be 1 ⁄ 12 of a pica. In metal type, the point size of a font describes the height of the metal body on which that font's characters were cast.

  5. List of 8-bit computer hardware graphics - Wikipedia

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    Systems with a 3-bit RGB palette use 1 bit for each of the red, green and blue color components. That is, each component is either "on" or "off" with no intermediate states. This results in an 8-color palette ((2 1 ) 3 == 2 3 == 8) that have black, white, the three RGB primary colors red, green and blue and their correspondent complementary ...

  6. Preferred number - Wikipedia

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    In the 1970s the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) defined a set of convenient numbers to ease metrication in the United States.This system of metric values was described as 1–2–5 series in reverse, with assigned preferences for those numbers which are multiples of 5, 2, and 1 (plus their powers of 10), excluding linear dimensions above 100 mm. [1]

  7. Linear congruential generator - Wikipedia

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    Using a = 4 and c = 1 (bottom row) gives a cycle length of 9 with any seed in [0, 8]. A linear congruential generator (LCG) is an algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear equation. The method represents one of the oldest and best-known pseudorandom number generator algorithms.

  8. Engineering fit - Wikipedia

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    Engineering fits are generally used as part of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing when a part or assembly is designed. In engineering terms, the "fit" is the clearance between two mating parts, and the size of this clearance determines whether the parts can, at one end of the spectrum, move or rotate independently from each other or, at the other end, are temporarily or permanently joined.

  9. Timeline of DOS operating systems - Wikipedia

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    3 1 ⁄ 2-inch 720 KB floppy support Token Ring network IBM PC Convertible: April 1987: PC DOS 3.3 IBM: 3 1 ⁄ 2-inch 1.44 MB floppy support, extended partitions: IBM Personal System/2: November 1987: MS-DOS 3.31 Compaq: Hard disk partitions over 32 MB May 1988: DR DOS 3.31 Digital Research: ROMable DOS July 1988: IBM DOS 4.0 IBM: DOS Shell ...