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softfloat

softfloat adjective: (especially of a platform) Does not have hardware implementations of floating-point numbers and require software implementations (soft floats) to use them.

Adjective

softfloat (not comparable)

  1. (especially of a platform) Does not have hardware implementations of floating-point numbers and require software implementations (soft floats) to use them.
    Antonyms:
    hardfloat

Antonyms of softfloat

Origin of softfloat

From soft (as in software) + float (as in floating-point number).

Questions about softfloat

What does softfloat mean?
Softfloat means (especially of a platform) Does not have hardware implementations of floating-point numbers and require software implementations (soft floats) to use them.
What part of speech is softfloat?
Softfloat is an adjective.

Words near softfloat in the dictionary

  1. softens up
  2. softens up the ground
  3. softer
  4. softer sex
  5. softest
  6. softfloat
  7. softgel
  8. softgels
  9. softgoods
  10. softgrain
  11. softhanded

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