posit

Meanings

1. Something that is posited; a postulate.
2. Abbreviation of position.
3. 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.

1. To assume the existence of; to postulate.
2. To propose for consideration or study; to suggest.
3. To put (something somewhere) firmly; to place or position.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin positus, perfect participle of pōnō (“put, place”). Noun sense 3 (type of number format) was coined by American computer scientist and businessman John Gustafson in 2017.