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		nitrogen on April 22, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If 1+x is 1, how much is 1-x? Wikipedia has some good references, but you have to go to the pages for the specific formats to get the best diagrams. Examples: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-precision_floating-point_... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-precision_floating-poin... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985#Representation_o... Pages with loads of information but no bitwise diagrams: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point#IEEE_754:_float... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_floating_point

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