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FIFO

First in, first out

flat memory

A number in which the decimal point is fixed to a number of places

floating-point

An address space that appears to be one contiguous block of memory. This can be made up of RAM or virtual memory.

fixed-point

A number in which the decimal point is floating and thus can be in any position. But it is typically stored in a sign, exponent, and mantissa components .

FPU

Floating-point unit