Floating-point unit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-002354",
  "term": "Floating-point unit",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A specialized part of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) or a coprocessor designed to perform arithmetic operations on floating-point numbers. These operations include addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers with fractional parts, which are represented with a fixed number of significant digits and an exponent. Modern CPUs integrate FPUs to accelerate calculations in scientific computing, graphics rendering, and digital signal processing.",
  "subject": "Industrial electronics",
  "see_also": [
    "central processing unit",
    "coprocessor"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "de": "Gleitkomma-Rechenwerk",
    "es": "unidad de punto flotante",
    "fr": "unité de virgule flottante"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/floating-point-unit/"
}