ter·a·flop (t r  -fl p )n. A measure of computing speed equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second. |
teraflop [ˈtɛrəˌflɒp]
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) Computing a measure of processing speed, consisting of a thousand billion floating-point operations a second
[from tera- + flo(ating) p(oint)]
| teraflop (tr-flp) A measure of computing speed equal to one trillion floating-point operations per second. |
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| Noun | 1. | teraflop - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system |
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