Binary scaling: Difference between revisions

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Binary scaling is still used in many [[digital Signal Processing|DSP]] applications and custom made microprocessors are usually based on binary scaling techniques.

Binary scaling is currently used in the [[Discrete cosine transform|DCT]] used to compress [[JPEG]] images in utilities such as the [[GIMP]].

Although floating point has taken over to a large degree, where speed and extra accuracy are required, binary scaling works on simpler hardware and is more accurate when the range of values is known in advance.{{Clarify|date=March 2016|post-text=→[[Talk:Binary_scaling#Comparison_with_Floating_Point |talk]]}}