gigaflop en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas) Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der. English giga- English flop English gigaflop From giga- + flop.
Meanings
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A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (10⁹) floating point operations per second.
The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine...
1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gigaflops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
ru гигафло́пс (one billion FLOPS) · pl gigaflops (one billion FLOPS) · fi miljardi laskutoimitusta sekunnissa (one billion FLOPS) · pt gigaflop (one billion FLOPS) · mr गिगाफ्लॉप (one billion FLOPS) · fi gigaflops (one billion FLOPS)