Subnormal number
Denormalized floating-point numbers near zero / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Subnormal number?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
In computer science, subnormal numbers are the subset of denormalized numbers (sometimes called denormals) that fill the underflow gap around zero in floating-point arithmetic. Any non-zero number with magnitude smaller than the smallest positive normal number is subnormal, while denormal can also refer to numbers outside that range.
- This page describes subnormal numbers in general. For the details of IEEE subnormal and denormal numbers, see the IEEE section below.