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Definition of Million floating point operations per second
1. Noun. (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system.
Category relationships: Computer Science, Computing
Generic synonyms: Unit, Unit Of Measurement
Group relationships: Teraflop, Trillion Floating Point Operations Per Second
Lexicographical Neighbors of Million Floating Point Operations Per Second
Literary usage of Million floating point operations per second
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. U. S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's edited by Christopher Cox (1999)
"The fastest microprocessor in 1988, for example, was rated at one million floating
point operations per second (MFLOPS) while Cray's processors were rated ..."
2. Computer Science Research Activities in Asia: Software Technology and by David K. Kahaner (1994)
"It is a linear array composed of 10 cells and its 32-bit performance was targeted
at 100 MFLOPS (million floating-point operations per second). ..."
3. Aerospace Plane Technology: Research and Development in Japan and Australia (1994)
"One million floating-point operations per second. Megaflop is used as a measurement
of the processing capability of very large computers. ..."
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