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megaflop

American  
[me-guh-flahp] / ˈmɛ gəˌflɑp /

noun

megaflops plural
  1. Computers, Mathematics. one million flops.


megaflop British  
/ ˈmɛɡəˌflɒp /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of megaflop

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

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Remember RIPD, the megaflop starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds as a pair of cops on the supernatural beat?

From The Guardian May 19, 2017

His exit comes after Disney was forced to take a $200 million write-down tied to the science-fiction megaflop “John Carter.”

From New York Times Apr. 20, 2012

A guaranteed way for the modern equivalent of Mel Brooks’s producers to produce a megaflop?

From Economist Mar. 29, 2012

But “John Carter” looks set to be a megaflop, down there with “Heaven’s Gate”, “Ishtar” and “Cutthroat Island”.

From Economist Mar. 29, 2012

Retailing is still dodgy: Virgin megastores were a megaflop in Germany, but are thriving from Los Angeles to Paris to Tokyo.

From Time Magazine Archive

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