38 votes 38 votes In the IEEE floating point representation the hexadecimal value $0\text{x}00000000$ corresponds to The normalized value $2^{-127}$ The normalized value $2^{-126}$ The normalized value $+0$ The special value $+0$ Digital Logic gatecse-2008 digital-logic floating-point-representation ieee-representation easy + – Kathleen asked Sep 11, 2014 Kathleen 12.9k views answer comment Share Follow See all 4 Comments See all 4 4 Comments reply Rajesh Panwar commented Dec 15, 2018 reply Follow Share what is the difference between Option A and D 0 votes 0 votes Veenit commented Sep 17, 2019 reply Follow Share The prefix ‘0x’ shows it’s a hexadecimal constant, in case anyone is unaware of 0x usage. 7 votes 7 votes ShouvikSVK commented Jan 3, 2022 reply Follow Share The entire list: 1 votes 1 votes JAINchiNMay commented Nov 14, 2022 reply Follow Share What is SNAN , QNAN 1 votes 1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 57 votes 57 votes $$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|}\hline \textbf{S} & \textbf{BE} & \textbf{M} & \textbf{Value} \\\hline 0/1 & {\color{Magenta} {\text{All 0’s}}} & {\color{Magenta} {\text{All 0’s}}} & 0 \\\hline 0 & {\color{Blue} {\text{All 1’s}}} & {\color{Magenta} {\text{All 0’s}}} & +\infty \\\hline 1 & {\color{Blue} {\text{All 1’s}}} & {\color{Magenta} {\text{All 0’s}}} & -\infty \\\hline 0/1 & {\color{Blue} {\text{All 1’s}}} & \text{Non-zero}& \text{NaN} \\\hline\end{array}$$The answer is option D. Reference: http://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html amarVashishth answered Nov 8, 2015 • edited May 2, 2021 by Lakshman Bhaiya amarVashishth comment Share Follow See all 2 Comments See all 2 2 Comments reply rajatmyname commented May 7, 2019 reply Follow Share Sir, what is the difference between option C and option D? 2 votes 2 votes Raju Kalagoni commented Jan 29, 2020 reply Follow Share earlier to IEEE 758 representation, floating numbers couldn't differentiate -0 and +0. So, they come up with IEEE 758 floating poing representation in 32 bit and 64 bit and they marked +0 and -0 representation special that's all I read somewhere, don't know exact history. 1 votes 1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
16 votes 16 votes D. The special value +0. Ref: http://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html Arjun answered Jun 8, 2015 Arjun comment Share Follow See all 5 Comments See all 5 5 Comments reply Show 2 previous comments Sandeep Suri commented Jan 13, 2017 reply Follow Share Answer is not A because Exponent and Mantisa both are zero which is equal to special value +0. 0 votes 0 votes krishn.jh commented Mar 27, 2018 reply Follow Share Very Nice and useful link it clears all IEEE Floating Point Representation Doubts. Thank you Sir!. 1 votes 1 votes Mk Utkarsh commented Aug 3, 2018 reply Follow Share Answer is not A because range of single precision normalized form is $\pm 2^{-126}$ to $\left (2 -2^{(-23)} \right ) \times 2 ^{127}$ 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.