teraflop

/ (ˈtɛrəˌflɒp) /


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

Origin of teraflop

1
C20: from tera- + flo (ating) p (oint)

Words Nearby teraflop

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Scientific definitions for teraflop

teraflop

[ tĕrə-flŏp′ ]


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

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