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Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach (7th Edition)

7th Edition

ISBN:9780133594140

Author:James Kurose, Keith Ross

Publisher:James Kurose, Keith Ross

Chapter1: Computer Networks And The Internet

Section: Chapter Questions

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You are asked to design a 16-bit floating point number system to store the lengths of various man-made objects. This system should work in a similar way as the IEEE754 standard. Assume a value stored in the system denotes the length of an object in centimeters, assume also that the maximum length to be stored is 45845.0 centimeters (i.e. length of the biggest man-made oil-tanker, the “Seawise Giant”). Note: This representation has normalized, de-normalized and special cases as you have seen in IEEE754 standard. Answer the questions below: a) Is sign bit needed in this system? Why yes or why not. b) What is the minimum number of bits needed for the exponent? What is the value of the corresponding bias? Show your steps clearly. If you write the values directly without showing the steps, you will not get any point. c) What is the maximum length the system can represent? Please show your steps clearly, otherwise no point will be given.

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