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Single-precision floating point numbers have the following format:
| 31 | 30 | 23 | 22 | 0 |
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| SIGN | EXPONENT | FRACTION | ||
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| Field | Position | Full name |
|---|---|---|
| sign | 31 | sign bit (0 == positive, 1 == negative) |
| exponent | 30-23 | exponent (biased by 127) |
| fraction | 22-0 | fraction (bits to right of binary point) |