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million floating point operations per second

million floating point operations per second

4.8
A measure of how fast a computer does one million math calculations each second
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : millón de operaciones de punto flotante por segundo
  • The processor benchmark measured the device at 5,000 million floating point operations per second.

Examples

  • Modern supercomputers can perform millions of calculations at over 100,000 million floating point operations per second.

  • Scientists use million floating point operations per second to compare the computational speeds of different systems.

  • Can this computer perform million floating point operations per second?

  • This GPU can achieve million floating point operations per second easily.

  • Modern supercomputers can perform millions of calculations at over 100,000 million floating point operations per second.

  • The processor benchmark measured the device at 5,000 million floating point operations per second.

  • Scientists use million floating point operations per second to compare the computational speeds of different systems.

Synonyms

MFLOP
vsmillion floating point operations per second
  • Specialized
7.9

A unit of computer speed equal to one million calculations each second

is the full descriptive phrase rather than the short labelled form
megaflop
vsmillion floating point operations per second
  • Specialized
7.7

A measure of computer speed equal to one million calculations in one second

is the longer descriptive phrase rather than the brief one word name

How Fast

million floating point operations per second
  • Specialized
4.8

Surface Forms

million floating point operations per second singular
million floating point operations per seconds plural

Morphology

million + float + point + operation + per + second

The phrase is largely compositional: 'million' + 'operations' + 'per second' clearly signals a rate (how many operations occur each second). However, the embedded technical term 'floating point' (meaning arithmetic on floating‑point numbers) is specialized and not fully predictable from the everyday senses of 'float' and 'point', so a B1 learner who only knows the basic word meanings may not grasp the precise computing sense without exposure.

Etymology

Million floating point operations per second is a term that names how many tiny math steps a computer can do in one second; the words floating point mean numbers with a point, for example 3.14, and operations are the small math steps. So the phrase shows a computer's speed, 'how fast' it can do calculations.