teraflops

[ ter-uh-flops ]

/ ˈtɛr əˌflɒps /

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noun

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

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of teraflops

First recorded in 1985–90; tera- + flops