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megaflop.

megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)

Where this word comes from

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

noun
  1. A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure.

    informal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English flop English megaflop From mega- + flop.

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