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noun
megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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noun
(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: MFLOP, million floating point operations per second
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unit of measurement, unit
History
Back-formation of megaflops in the computing sense – the final ⟨s⟩ is not the plural suffix but stands for “second”.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh2s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English flop English megaflop From mega- + flop.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
