teraflop
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- noun
- /ˈtɛrəˌflɒp/
- Specialized
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teraflop
- So that means a teraflop is one trillion FLOPS.
- teraflops machine
- teraflop computer
- teraflops of power
Examples
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Project purchased this 6-teraflop IBM POWER5+ system as part of its effort to evaluate next-generation supercomputing technology, which will eventually replace the Columbia supercomputer to meet NASA's future computing needs.
Blog text (6) -
The efficiency of the teraflop, which can literally perform one trillion calculations per second, became the envy of the world.
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And you can now get, you know, a mini, mini teraflop computer, which that's big to think big.
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Another $36 million in the agency's information technology account will come from the major research equipment program, which funds a terascale computer, a project to build a five teraflop system.
Academic text (1999) -
Nowadays, trillions of floating point operations per second (teraflops) are feasible using a single GPU processor.
Academic text (2018) -
A modern gaming computer can achieve speeds of over teraflops, enabling it to render complex graphics in real time.
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The new supercomputer can perform calculations at a rate of one teraflop, which helps scientists model climate change.
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Researchers often require systems with multiple teraflops to analyze vast amounts of data effectively.
Synonyms
A measure of computer speed equal to one trillion math calculations every second
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Etymology
Teraflop combines the prefix tera- meaning 'a trillion' and flop, a short form of 'floating point operation', which is a basic math calculation a computer does. So a teraflop measures computer speed as a trillion of those calculations every second.