gigaflop
/ (ˈɡɪɡəˌflɒp, ˈɡaɪɡəˌflɒp) /
noun
computing
a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand million floating-point operations a second
Word Origin for gigaflop
C20: from
giga- +
flo (
ating)
p (
oint)
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Scientific definitions for gigaflop
gigaflop
[ gĭg′ə-flŏp′ ]
A measure of computing speed equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.