Once you’ve determined the window, the mantissa — [Fabian] calls that the offset — divides the window range into 8,388,608 pieces, assuming a 32-bit float.

Floating point also enables calculating a wide range of numbers very quickly. Although floating point dates back thousands of years, the concept is the same today.

Data representation Floating point representation Processors handle binary numbers while humans use denary. Binary to denary conversion aids understanding of data representation. ASCII represents ...