hard float

A hardware implementation of a floating-point number.

Noun

  1. A hardware implementation of a floating-point number.

    Antonyms: soft float

Origin

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

Forms

hard floats

Hypernyms

floating-point number number

Derived

hardfloat

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