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hard float

hard float noun: a hardware implementation of a floating-point number.

Noun

hard float (plural hard floats)

  1. A hardware implementation of a floating-point number.
    Antonyms:
    soft float

Antonyms of hard float

Forms of hard float

pluralhard floats

Origin of hard float

From hard (as in hardware) + float (as in floating-point number).

Words formed from hard float

Questions about hard float

What does hard float mean?
Hard float means a hardware implementation of a floating-point number.
What part of speech is hard float?
Hard float is a noun.
What is the plural of hard float?
The plural of hard float is hard floats.

Words near hard float in the dictionary

  1. hard edge
  2. hard error
  3. hard errors
  4. hard feelings
  5. hard fern
  6. hard float
  7. hard floats
  8. hard food
  9. hard fork
  10. hard forks
  11. hard freeze

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