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megaflop
1
(mega|flop)
Pronunciation:
/ˈmɛgəflɒp/
noun
Computing
a unit of computing speed equal to one million or (strictly) 1,048,576 floating-point operations per second.
Origin:
1970s
: back-formation from
megaflops
(see
mega-
,
-flop
)
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