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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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