meg·a·flop (m g  -fl p )n. A measure of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second. |
megaflop [ˈmɛgəˌflɒp]
n
(Mathematics & Measurements / Units) Computing a measure of processing speed, consisting of a million floating-point operations a second
[from mega- + flo(ating) p(oint)]
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| Noun | 1. |  megaflop - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer systemcomputer 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" teraflop, trillion floating point operations per second - (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system |
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