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See also: pósit
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒzɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑzɪt/
- Rhymes: -ɒzɪt
Noun
posit (plural posits)
- Something that is posited; a postulate.
- (aviation) Abbreviation of position.
- (computing) A number format representing a real number consisting of a sign bit, a variable-size "regime" part (which modifies the exponent), up to two exponent bits, and a fraction part, proposed as a more efficient alternative to IEEE 754 floats in AI applications.
- 2022 September 25, Dina Genkina, “Posits, a New Kind of Number, Improves the Math of AI”, in IEEE Spectrum[2], New York, N.Y.: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-09-27:
- With their new hardware implementation, which was synthesized in a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the Complutense team was able to compare computations done using 32-bit floats and 32-bit posits side by side.
Usage notes
- (for meaning #2) Started by USAF Fighter pilots when needing to know the position of a wingman. I.e. Lead pilot would say "2-posit" and #2 would reply: "5 o'clock high".
Translations
postulate
Verb
posit (third-person singular simple present posits, present participle positing, simple past and past participle posited)
- To assume the existence of; to postulate.
- Coordinate term: assert
- 1908, ARISTOTLE, translated by W. D. Ross, Metaphysics, Book 1, Part 5:
- some who posit both this cause and besides this the source of movement, which we have got from some as single and from other as twofold.
- To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
- To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 113:
- Among many Indians, however, an exonormative view, which even today posits British English as the target model, appears to be firmly in place.
Translations
to postulate
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to suggest
to put firmly
References
- ^ John L. Gustafson, Isaac T. Yonemoto (2017 July 23) “Beating Floating Point at its Own Game: Posit Arithmetic”, in Supercomputing Frontiers and Innovations[1], volume 4, number 2, Chelyabinsk: South Ural State University, , →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-11-04
Further reading
- Posit (number format) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Sambali
Noun
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