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megaflop1

Syllabification: (meg·a·flop)
Pronunciation: /ˈmegəˌfläp/
Definition of megaflop

noun

Computing
  • a unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second.

Origin:

1970s: back-formation from megaflops (see mega-, -flop)

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