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==Range==
The proposed IEEEE754r standard limits the range of numbers that can be represented by BID numbers to the smaller range of numbers that can be represented by the second encoding of the exponent and significand described by the standard, [[Densely Packed Decimal]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! item
! 32 bit
! 64 bit
! 128 bit
|-
| Storage bits
| 32
| 64
| 128
|-
| Trailing Significand bits
| 20
| 50
| 110
|-
| Significand field bits
| 23
| 53
| 113
|-
| Combination bit
| 11
| 13
| 17
|-
| Exponent bits
| 8
| 11
| 15
|-
| Bias
| 101
| 398
| 6176
|-
|Standard emax
| 96
| 384
| 6144
| Standard emin
| 95
| 383
| 6143
|-
|}
== Comparing BID numbers ==
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