Practice Unicode Size Inquiry (9.3.5) - Floating Point Number Representation
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UNICODE Size Inquiry

Practice - UNICODE Size Inquiry

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Question 1 Easy

What is a sign bit in floating-point representation?

💡 Hint: Think about how signs are used in numbers.

Question 2 Easy

Why do we use biased exponents?

💡 Hint: Consider how we handle negative numbers.

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Question 1

What does the sign bit represent in floating-point numbers?

Indicates a positive number
Indicates a negative number
Both A and B

💡 Hint: Think of plus and minus signs.

Question 2

Is the exponent stored as a positive value in floating-point representation?

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how we manage both types of exponents.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Calculate the floating-point representation of the decimal number 67.125. Include the sign bit, biased exponent, and significand based on an 8-bit biased exponent.

💡 Hint: Break down the conversion into binary and remember normalization.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how the adoption of UNICODE has changed character representation compared to older systems like ASCII.

💡 Hint: Consider how different languages require different symbols to express.

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