Practice - Excess Codes and GREY Code
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Practice Questions
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Define the three components of a floating-point number.
💡 Hint: Think about what each part does in representing a number.
What is the purpose of a GREY code?
💡 Hint: Consider why minimizing changes might be important.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does the biased exponent allow?
💡 Hint: Remember how we encode exponents.
True or False: In GREY code, two consecutive numbers can have multiple bit changes.
💡 Hint: Think about how GREY code is defined.
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Challenge Problems
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Given a number represented in excess 127, convert it back to its exponent.
💡 Hint: Remember to subtract the bias value.
Design a simple system using GREY code for a four-bit binary number. Explain the benefit of using GREY code in this system.
💡 Hint: List out your binary transitions to see the difference.
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