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• plural of gigaflop.

gigaflops

American  

[gig-uh-flops, jig‑] / ˈgɪg əˌflɒps, ˈdʒɪg‑ /

noun

1. a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.

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Etymology

Origin of gigaflops

First recorded in 1985–90; giga- ( def. ) + flops

Example Sentences

But that computer uses more than twice as much energy as Tsubame KFC to do the same number of calculations — 4.5 gigaflops per watt for the Tsubame KFC, compared with 1.9 gigaflops per watt.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2014