September 1993/Guidelines for Signal Processing Applications in C/Table 1

Table 1 Type sizes for a MIPS processor compiler

Name            Type                  Size  Range
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Character       char                  8     0 to 255
Integer         int (long)            32    -27147483648 to 27147483647
                short                 16    -32768 to 32767
                unsigned              32    0 to 4294967295
Floating Point  float                 32    ±10^±38
                double (long double)  64    ±10^±380
±10^±38 = plus or minus 10 to the power plus or minus 38
±10^±380 = plus or minus 10 to the power plus or minus 380