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Questions about the organization and design of computer hardware.
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Why do computers use binary numbers in IEEE754 fraction instead of BCD or DPD?
the binary representation is the most efficient. BCD wastes 17% of the bits.
binary arithmetic is the simplest to implement in hardware.
"the smallest difference between numbers is $0.015625$, in d …
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