CPSC 2310 - DAY 25
NOVEMBER 11, 2016

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FLOATING POINT
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	.Use positional representation to convert a binary fraction to a
	decimal value

	.011 (base 2) = 0*2^(-1) + 1*2^(-2) + 1*2^(-3)
			0 * 0.5 + 1 * 0.25 + 1 * 0.125
			0.375

	To convert 0.375 to binary fraction we can use repeated multiplication
	
	automatic scaling by hardware
	
	normal form - number represented as 1.fraction times an appropriate
	exponent

	exponent uses bias notation so that negative exponents have leading
	zeros

	+---+---+----------+
	| s |exp| fraction | value = (-1)^s * 1.fraction * 2^exp
	+---+---+----------+	
	
	exponent uses bias notation so that negative exponents have leading
	zeros

	precision - how many digits are used to represent a number.
	
	accuracy - how correct the number is.