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A double precision number consists of the following.
- One bit to represent the sign (0 for positive and 1 for negative).
- Eleven bits to represent the biased exponent (e).
The exponent is biased by 1023. That is, e = p + 1023, where
p is the exponent.
- Fifty-two (52) bits to represent the magnitude of
the fractional part (f) of the significand. (It is implied that
this represents 1.f)
Russ Miller
Thu Sep 14 13:56:19 EDT 1995