US PATENT SUBCLASS 708 / 495
.~.~.~ Floating point


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708 /   HD   ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS: ARITHMETIC PROCESSING AND CALCULATING

100  DF  ELECTRICAL DIGITAL CALCULATING COMPUTER {10}
200  DF  .~ Particular function performed {26}
490  DF  .~.~ Arithmetical operation {27}
495.~.~.~ Floating point {16}
496  DF  .~.~.~.~> Compensation for finite word length {3}
500  DF  .~.~.~.~> Evaluation of root
501  DF  .~.~.~.~> Multiplication followed by addition
502  DF  .~.~.~.~> Reciprocal
503  DF  .~.~.~.~> Multiplication
504  DF  .~.~.~.~> Division
505  DF  .~.~.~.~> Addition or subtraction
506  DF  .~.~.~.~> Feedback
507  DF  .~.~.~.~> Parallel
508  DF  .~.~.~.~> Pipeline
509  DF  .~.~.~.~> Systolic
510  DF  .~.~.~.~> Microprocessor
511  DF  .~.~.~.~> Complex number format
512  DF  .~.~.~.~> Logarithmic format
513  DF  .~.~.~.~> Variable length or precision
514  DF  .~.~.~.~> Matrix array


DEFINITION

Classification: 708/495

Floating point:

(under subclass 490) Subject matter wherein the numerical digits are expressed in terms of a bounded number (mantissa) and a scale factor (characteristic or exponent) consisting of a power of the number base.