Floating Point with a Toy 8-Bit Format: Sign, Exponent, Mantissa and Why 0.1 Is Not Exact
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- Positional Notation: Decimal to Binary by Repeated Division and Back Pro
- Hexadecimal & Octal: Nibbles, Hex Digits and Colour Codes Pro
- Bit Flags & Masks: Reading, Setting and Clearing Status Bits Pro
- Two's Complement: Signed Ranges, Negative Numbers and Decoding Bytes Pro
- Integer Limits & Overflow: Max Values, Bits Needed and Counters that Roll Over Pro
- Fixed Point: Scaling Factors, Resolution and Rounding Error Pro
- Floating Point with a Toy 8-Bit Format: Sign, Exponent, Mantissa and Why 0.1 Is Not Exact Pro
- Storage Units & Characters: GB vs GiB, File Sizes and Text in Bytes Pro