Google "what every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic" for a popular article that explains what you aren't understanding.
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Google "what every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic" for a popular article that explains what you aren't understanding.
This sure does smell like a homework assignment.
Huh? How did the links not answer that? And why do you think you need to know this?
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