ulp

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ʌlp/ === Etymology 1 === Imitative, or possibly a variant of gulp. ==== Interjection ==== ulp The sound of a person gulping in fear. Synonym: gulp ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Abbreviation of unit in the last place or unit of least precision, coined in 1960 by Canadian mathematician and computer scientist William Kahan (born 1933). ==== Noun ==== ulp (plural ulps) (computer science, mathematics) The value that the least significant digit of a floating-point number represents, used as a measure of accuracy in numeric calculations. [From 1960] ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === unit in the last place on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === PLU, UPL, pul == Italian == === Noun === ulp f (invariable) (computer science, mathematics) ulp (“unit in the last place (unità in ultima posizione) or unit of least precision (unità di minore precisione)”)