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gigaflop


Definition of gigaflop

noun

Computing
  • a unit of computing speed equal to one thousand million floating-point operations per second: the Cray supercomputer’s goal was 16 gigaflops [as modifier]:several gigaflop computers are now being designed

Origin:

1970s: back-formation from gigaflops (see giga-, -flop)

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