Systems Architecture
Systems Architecture
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ISBN: 9781305080195
Author: Stephen D. Burd
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Overflow:

  • If the result of an operation generates a value that exceeds the format numeric range is known as overflow.
    • For example, the subtraction instruction of (2

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Underflow:

  • This is the representation of negative exponent of the number in decimal places which is too large to fit into the data format.
  • This is the condition which occurs when the output of the floating point overflows the exponent field...

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Ways to reduce the probability occurrence:

The following are the ways through which the probability of overflow and underflow error can be reduced,

  • Allocate the bit positions as per the scaling values in the storage...

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