Definitions
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- adjective computing theory, of a number Smaller than the smallest
normal number but larger thanzero , thus serving to fill theunderflow gap.
Etymologies
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de- + normal? or from denormalized?
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OSX: huge performance improvements (denormal management, alignment fixes).
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OSX: huge performance improvements (denormal management, alignment fixes).
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Hence the production of a denormal number is sometimes called gradual underflow because it allows a calculation to lose precision slowly when the result is small.
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