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YFLOPS

YFLOPS

9.9
A measure of how fast a computer does math, equal to one billion billion billion operations every second
  • noun
  • /ˈwaɪˌflɒps/
  • Specialized
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  • Achieving one YFLOPS is a milestone in computational research and engineering.

Examples

  • The world's fastest supercomputers are approaching performance measured in YFLOPS.

  • Scientists hope to use YFLOPS systems to simulate complex global climate models.

  • The new supercomputer can achieve speeds of over 100 YFLOPS.

  • How many YFLOPS does this machine process?

  • The new supercomputer can achieve speeds of over 100 YFLOPS.

  • Scientists hope to use YFLOPS systems to simulate complex global climate models.

  • The world's fastest supercomputers are approaching performance measured in YFLOPS.

Synonyms

yottaflop
vsYFLOPS
  • Specialized
9.9

A very large unit for measuring how many calculations a computer can do in one second

is the short symbolic form used instead of the full term

How Fast

YFLOPS
  • Specialized
9.9
ZFLOPS
  • Specialized
9.9
EFLOPS
  • Specialized
9.9
PFLOPS
  • Specialized
9.4
GFLOPS
  • Specialized
8.0
MFLOP
  • Specialized
7.9

Surface Forms

YFLOPS singular
YFLOPS plural

Morphology

YFLOPS = FLOPS (semi-transparent) = Y + FLOPS

The formation is a regular SI-prefixation (Y = yotta = 10^24) of the technical acronym 'FLOPS', but understanding requires knowledge of the SI prefix and a technical term.

Etymology

The word YFLOPS breaks into Y and FLOPS. Y is short for yotta, which means '10²⁴', a septillion, and FLOPS means 'floating-point operations per second', the many tiny math steps a computer does. So, YFLOPS tells how many of those tiny math steps a machine can do in one second, and the yotta part shows the number is extremely large.