How many bits in exponent part in IEEE 754 Double precision floating point binary numbers format?
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Out of these 64 bits, 1 bit is used for the sign of the number, 11 bits are used for the exponent part, and the remaining 52 bits are used for the significand (also known as the mantissa). Show more…
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