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The number of sign bits in a 32-bit IEEE format _________(a) 1(b) 11(c) 9(d) 23The question was posed to me in an online interview.The origin of the question is IEEE 32 and 64 bit topic in portion Computer Arithmetic of Computer Fundamentals

Answer» RIGHT option is (a) 1

Explanation: There is only 1 sign bit in all the standards. In a 32-bit FORMAT, there is 1 sign bit, 8 BITS for the exponent and 23 bits for the mantissa.


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