teraflop

British

/ ˈtɛrəˌflɒp /

noun

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

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teraflop Scientific

/ tĕr′ə-flŏp′ /

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

Etymology

Origin of teraflop

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

Example Sentences

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Intel, maker of the chips that run most IBM-compatible personal computers, is expected to announce its own teraflop initiative next month at a supercomputer convention in Albuquerque.

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By 1995, NEC, Fujitsu and Hitachi could be marketing their own teraflop machines.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We could build a teraflop machine today," boasts Hillis.

From Time Magazine Archive

The centerpiece of Bromley's program is a research plan to build by 1996 a so-called teraflop machine, a computer capable of performing 1 trillion scientific calculations a second.

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From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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