= IEEE arithmetic in Oracle's Numerical Computation Guide
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Official technical manual: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19957-01/806-3568/ncg_math.html[IEEE Arithmetic].
Relevant locators: IEEE Arithmetic Model, significand precision and overall bit count; Double Format, field layout and Table 2-5; and Ranges and Precisions in Decimal Representation. The source describes the traditional IEEE double format, now called binary64. It supports the precision and storage calculations for the <double-precision floating-point format>; no claim about a current processor's execution speed is inferred.
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