Most of the digital computers do not have floating point hardware because_____________?
Correct answer: A. floating point hardware is costly
- A. floating point hardware is costly
- B. it is slower than software
- C. it is not possible to perform floating point addition by hardware
- D. of no specific reason.
Explanation
Floating-point arithmetic requires additional hardware for mantissa alignment, exponent handling, and normalization, making it relatively costly. Many systems therefore historically performed it through software instead.
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