gigaflop

British

/ ˈɡaɪɡəˌflɒp, ˈɡɪɡəˌflɒp /

noun

computing a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand million floating-point operations a second

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gigaflop Scientific

/ gĭg′ə-flŏp′ /

A measure of computing speed equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.

Etymology

Origin of gigaflop

C20: from _giga- + flo ( ating ) p ( oint )

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Guarraci built a supercomputer that manages to hit 208 gigaflop speeds at peak performance.

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