Floating point Internal representation Internal representation

| Type_ | Sign | Exponent | Significand | Total_bits | Exponent_bias | Bits_precision | Number_of_decimal_digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Half ( IEEE 754-2008 ) | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 11 | ~3.3 |
| Single | 1 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 127 | 24 | ~7.2 |
| Double | 1 | 11 | 52 | 64 | 1023 | 53 | ~15.9 |
| Double extended (80-bit) | 1 | 15 | 64 | 80 | 16383 | 64 | ~19.2 |
| Quad | 1 | 15 | 112 | 128 | 16383 | 113 | ~34.0 |