Hexadecimal floating point may refer to:
- IBM hexadecimal floating point in the IBM System 360 and 370 series of computers and others since 1964[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Illinois ILLIAC III computer in 1966[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SDS Sigma 7 computer in 1966[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SDS Sigma 5 computer in 1967[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Xerox Sigma 9 computer in 1970[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Interdata 8/32 computer in the 1970s[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Manchester MU5 computer in 1972[2]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Data General Eclipse S/200 computer in ca. 1974[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the Gould Powernode 9080 computer in the 1980s[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the HEP computer in 1982[2]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SEL System 85 computer[1]
- Hexadecimal floating-point arithmetic in the SEL System 86 computer[1]
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