Question

The IEEE standard followed by almost all the computers for floating point arithmetic _____

(a) IEEE 260

(b) IEEE 488

(c) IEEE 754

(d) IEEE 610

The question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

Origin of the question is IEEE 32 and 64 bit topic in section Computer Arithmetic of Computer Fundamentals

Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) IEEE 754

For explanation: Most computers follow the IEEE 754 bit format for floating point arithmetic. IEEE stands for electrical and electronic engineers. It has all the floating point arithmetic specifications.