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     │  │  │  │  │     │     ││  │  │  │  │  │  │  │  │
     │  │  │  │IC│ RC  │ PC  ││IE│  │PM│UM│OM│ZM│DM│IM│◄── Control word
     │  │  │  │  │     │     ││  │  │  │  │  │  │  │  │
     └──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┘└──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┴──┘
 
     IC──Infinity Control
       0 = Projective (default on 8087 and 80287)
       1 = Affine
       On 80387 and 80486, affine closure (distinguishing between positive
       and negative infinity) is used regardless of setting.
 
     RC──Rounding Control
       00 = Round to nearest or even (default)
       01 = Round down toward -infinity
       10 = Round up toward +infinity
       11 = Chop by truncating toward 0
 
     PC──Precision control
       00 = 24-bit mantissa (single precision)
       10 = 53-bit mantissa (double precision)
       11 = 64-bit mantissa (extended precision)
 
     IE - Interrupt Enable Mask
       Only on 8087; undefined on 80287, 80387, and 80486.
 
     Exception Masks
       PM = 1 to mask precision
       UM = 1 to mask underflow
       OM = 1 to mask overflow
       ZM = 1 to mask zero divide
       DM = 1 to mask denormalized operand
       IM = 1 to mask invalid operation
 
     See also: Coprocessor Status Word, Coprocessor Environment
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