Gigaflop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gigaflop is a noun meaning (computing) A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (10⁹) floating point operations per second.
Meaning
(computing) A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (10⁹) floating point operations per second.
Example Sentences
The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine.
Word Forms
- gigaflops
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include megaflops, megaflop, teraflop, exaflop, flop, flops.
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