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It is not possible to monitor and interpret the values in D and D+1 for
Floating Point format in the same way that Scientific Notation can be
monitored. The representation of floating point numbers follows a special
format recommended by I.E.E.E. (Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers).
The main advantage to using this format is the accuracy over Scientific
Notation. The number pi (~3.1415926) appears as 3.141592 (7 significant
digits) in floating point format, and as 3142 x 10
-3
in scientific notation.