In IEEE 754 standard for binary floating-point representation, the three basic…

2019

In IEEE 754 standard for binary floating-point representation, the three basic binary formats have bit lengths of 32, 64, and 128 bits, with exponents of ______, ______, and ______ bits, respectively.

  1. A.

    8, 12, 15

  2. B.

    10, 11, 15

  3. C.

    8, 11, 15

  4. D.

    8, 11, 16

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Correct answer: C

IEEE 754 defines exponent sizes as 8 bits for single precision (32-bit), 11 bits for double precision (64-bit), and 15 bits for quadruple precision (128-bit).

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