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posits

posits is the plural of posit.

posits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of posit.

Meaning of posit

Noun

posit (plural posits)

  1. Something that is posited; a postulate.
  2. A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.
    • With their new hardware implementation, which was synthesized in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the Complutense team was able to compare computations done using 32-bit floats and 32-bit posits side by side.2022 September 25, Dina Genkina, “Posits, a New Kind of Number, Improves the Math of AI”, in IEEE Spectrum, New York, N.Y.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...

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Questions about posits

What is posits the plural of?
Posits is the plural of posit.

Words near posits in the dictionary

  1. positronic
  2. positronium
  3. positronium hydride
  4. positroniums
  5. positrons
  6. posits
  7. positura
  8. positurae
  9. positure
  10. positures
  11. positutely

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