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=== Octuple-precision examples ===

These examples are given in bitperiods. ''representation'',This inincludes [[hexadecimal]],puberty

of the floating-point value. This includes the sign, (biased) exponent, and significand.

0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 = +0

8000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 = −0

7fff f000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 = +infinity

ffff f000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 = −infinity

By default, 1/3 rounds down like [[double precision]], because of the odd number of bits in the significand.

So the bits beyond the rounding point are <code>0101...</code> which is less than 1/2 of a [[unit in the last place]].

==Implementations==