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The IEEE 1788-2015 Interval Arithmetic Standard describes the core operations of interval arithmetic using widely used mathematical interval models. It supports the IEEE 754 floating point formats, which are widely used in interval calculations. The standard defines exception conditions and describes how to manage them. The standard is intended to find a balance between compliance with the interval model and practical factors based on feedback from existing system suppliers, developers, and maintainers.

The standard acts as a bridge between the hardware and programming language levels, and no operations are required to be implemented in hardware. It does not give a precise implementation of the basic operations as programming language functions.

By offering a defined approach to interval arithmetic, the standard aims to improve the availability of dependable computing in modern hardware and software settings. The lack of a standard has hampered the development, portability, and capacity to validate the validity of interval arithmetic codes.