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flops (fläps)

noun pl. flops

a unit for measuring the number of floating-point operations that a computer can perform in a second: chiefly in combination megaflops, gigaflops

Etymology: fl(oating-point) o(perations) p(er) s(econd)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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