Why does my calculator show $2^{-329} = 0?$

On my calculator, I usually get a $0$ when I divide something by $2$, a lot of times if that makes sense, but I was just wondering why does $2^{-329} = 0?$


The precise name for the feature is underflow, which means it's less than the smallest number the registers can hold. It's kind of like overflow.


It doesn't. Your calculator can't handle a number of such a small magnitude. Specifically, $2^{-329}\approx 9.14\times 10^{-100}$, and I'm guessing that your calculator can only handle numbers of magnitude between $10^{-99}$ and $10^{99}$.