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How are floating point numbers saved in binary?

Hello. I would like to know, how are numbers with floating points (such as 18.45) saved into computer memory? I know that number 18 can be written as 10010 in binary, but I have never thought how is that with floating numbers. Does anyone of you have any idea how is number 18.45 saved into binary memory?

25th Jul 2018, 8:56 PM
Jan Štěch
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25th Jul 2018, 9:15 PM
Hatsy Rei
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That is total simple You just need to know how to convert Floating Point Number to Binary Number
26th Sep 2018, 2:48 PM
Zuhail
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