Overview

This section covers signed and unsigned integers, two’s complement, fixed-point, and IEEE 754 floating-point representation, including rounding and comparison pitfalls.

Pages

• Representing Numbers: Signed, Unsigned, Fixed- and Floating-Point
• Signed Integers & Two’s Complement: Concept, Negation, Arithmetic, Ranges
• Integer Overflow & Bit-Pattern Interpretation (Signed vs Unsigned)
• Fixed-Point Numbers & Binary Fractions: Representation and Conversion
• IEEE 754 Floating Point: Mantissa, Exponent, Bias and Hidden Bit
• IEEE 754 Formats, Special Values and Rounding Modes
• Floating-Point in Practice: Absorption, Non-Associativity and Comparisons