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megaflop en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Back-formation of megaflops in the computing sense – the final ⟨s⟩ is not the plural suffix but stands for “second”.

Meanings

  1. megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)

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Translations (5)

fi miljoona laskutoimitusta sekunnissa (one million FLOPS) · fr mégaflop (one million FLOPS) · fi megaflops (one million FLOPS) · ru мегафло́пс (one million FLOPS) · pt megaflop (one million FLOPS)

megaflop en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English flop English megaflop From mega- + flop.

Meanings

  1. (informal) A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure.

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