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adj
(especially of a platform) Does not have hardware implementations of floating-point numbers and require software implementations (soft floats) to use them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hardfloat
History
From soft (as in software) + float (as in floating-point number).
