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FLOP

abbr.

Computer Science floating-point operation

flop (fl

v. flopped, flop·ping, flops

v.intr.

1. To fall or lie down heavily and noisily.

2. To move about loosely or limply: The dog's ears flopped when it ran.

3. Informal To fail utterly: The play flopped.

4. Slang

a. To rest idly; lounge.

b. To go to bed.

v.tr.

To drop or lay (something) down heavily and noisily: flopped the steak onto a platter.

1. The act of flopping.

2. The sound made when flopping.

3. Informal An utter failure.

[Alteration of flap.]

flopper n.

flops, FLOPS

n acronym for

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) floating-point operations per second: used as a measure of computer processing power (in combination with a prefix) megaflops gigaflops

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