flops

[flops]

noun

Computers.

1. a measure of computer speed, equal to the number of floating-point operations the computer can perform per second (used especially in combination withmega-, giga-, tera- ).

flops

acronym

1. floating-point operations per second: used as a measure of computer processing power (in combination with a prefix)

   megaflops

   gigaflops

Word History and Origins

Origin of flops¹

First recorded in 1985–90; shortening of fl(oating-point) op(erations per) s(econd)