Before revision: It allows seven different modes of numeric representation, including single-precision, double-precision, and extended-precision, as integers as 8-, 16- and 32-bit quantities and a floating-point Binary-coded decimal format.
After revision: It allows seven different modes of numeric representation, including single-precision, double-precision, extended-precision, integers as 8-, 16- and 32-bit quantities and a floating-point Binary-coded decimal format.