Okay, better question -- can someone explain, in lay terms, what a floating-point operation is?
@DanDotLewis -- in lay terms -- in this context -- it's a way of measuring the performance of a computer, like MPG in cars.
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@davewiner I get that, but what's a floating point operation? Like, a bit arithmetic or something? -
@DanDotLewis -- yes it is arithmetic, but 140 chars isn't enough to explain. wikipedia page is pretty good. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_point …
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