megaflop

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Back-formation of megaflops in the computing sense – the final ⟨s⟩ is not the plural suffix but stands for “second”.

Noun[edit]

megaflop (plural megaflops)

  1. (computing) megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)
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Etymology 2[edit]

mega- +‎ flop

Noun[edit]

megaflop (plural megaflops)

  1. (informal) A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure.
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