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From hard (as in hardware) + float (as in floating-point number).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hard float
Today it means: A hardware implementation of a floating-point number. Full definition →
Today it means: A hardware implementation of a floating-point number. Full definition →
From hard (as in hardware) + float (as in floating-point number).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.