Double Precision

A double precision number consists of the following.

• One bit to represent the sign (0 for positive and 1 for negative).
• Eleven bits to represent the biased exponent (e). The exponent is biased by 1023. That is, e = p + 1023, where p is the exponent.
• Fifty-two (52) bits to represent the magnitude of the fractional part (f) of the significand. (It is implied that this represents 1.f)