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by WalterGR 55 days ago
> traditional accuracy target of ~1 ULP

I had to google this one…

ULP: “Unit in the Last Place” or “Unit of Least Precision: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_in_the_last_place

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For what it’s worth, this is basically the first word you learn when discussing numerical precision; and I mean word—nobody thinks of it as an abbreviation, to the point that it’s very often written in lower case. So welcome to the club.