MCQ IN COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Floating point representation is used to store
A
Boolean Values
B
Whole numbers
C
Real Integers
D
Integers
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Floating point representation is used to store real integers. High-range value operations are implementable using the floating-point representation. The use of floating-point values is made for numerical evaluations. Science-based numbers are described in the following way, making calculations simple.

Detailed explanation-2: -Floating point numbers are used to represent noninteger fractional numbers and are used in most engineering and technical calculations, for example, 3.256, 2.1, and 0.0036. The most commonly used floating point standard is the IEEE standard.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every float is a real number, but not every real number is a float, for example there is no float equal to pi. In fact floats are more related to rational numbers than real ones, but treating them as real numbers is just a useful mathematical abstraction.

Detailed explanation-4: -Integers and floats are two different kinds of numerical data. An integer (more commonly called an int) is a number without a decimal point. A float is a floating-point number, which means it is a number that has a decimal place. Floats are used when more precision is needed.

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