Ulp

Quick meaning: Ulp is an interjection meaning The sound of a person gulping in fear.

Meaning

The sound of a person gulping in fear.

More Meanings

1. (computer science, mathematics) The value that the least significant digit of a floating-point number represents, used as a measure of accuracy in numeric calculations.

Example Sentences

Little—ulp—little red horns curving out of his brow. My mouth was totally dry.

I sent her a text asking as nonchalantly as possible whether cows ever go for you. [...] The answer I got was, 'Occasionally they do, and they can be bloody scary.' Ulp.

Floating point operations are correct to within half an ulp, and the calculation of uvw by two floating point multiplications will be correct within about one ulp (ignoring second-order terms).

The basic concept of two vectors "agreeing to k ulps" (units in the last place) of each entry or of the largest entry allows us to express relationships among computed values and solutions at perturbed data.

Word Forms

• ulps

Synonyms for ulp

Depending on context, synonyms include gulp.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include isp, see, back up, read out, sign on, sign off.

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