Floats

For most machines these days, real numbers are represented by floating-point format:
- - s = sign B = base (usually 2, sometimes 16)
  - M = mantissa e = exponent
  - E = bias, usually 127.
In past, manufacturers used different number of bits for each of M and e  non-portable code.

For most machines these days, real numbers are represented by floating-point format: