teraflops

[ ter-uh-flops ]
/ ˈtɛr əˌflɒps /

noun

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

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Origin of teraflops

First recorded in 1985–90; tera- + flops

Words nearby teraflops

tequila, ter, tera-, terabyte, teraflop, teraflops, teraglin, Terah, terahertz, Terai, terai hat
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