megaflop

megaflop

(ˈmɛɡəˌflɒp) n (Units) computing a measure of processing speed, consisting of a million floating-point operations a second[C20: from mega- + flo(ating) p(oint)]

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megaflop - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer systemMFLOP, million floating point operations per secondcomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresunit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume"teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system