IEEE standard floating point numbers, at any bit depth, should not be used to define color spaces. Specifically, one should not use floats or doubles (henceforth collectively "floats") as color ...

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Floating point computation was in standard use by the mid 1950s. During the subsequent two decades, each computer manufacturer developed its own floating point system, leading to much inconsistency in ...

On February 25, 1991, during the eve of the of an Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia, a Scud missile fired from Iraqi positions hit a US Army barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. A defense was available – ...

Providing a broad overview of numerical computing in a historical context, this concise text takes the reader from floating point representation and correctly rounded arithmetic, to an understanding ...