megaflop

meg a flop 1 |ˈmegəˌfläp ˈmɛɡəˌflɑp | ▶noun Computing a unit of computing speed equal to one million floating-point operations per second. ORIGIN 1970s: back-formation from megaflops (see mega-, -flop ).

megaflop

meg a flop 2 |ˈmɛɡəˌflɑp ˈmegəˌfläp | ▶noun informal a thing that is a complete failure. ORIGIN late 20th cent.: a pun on megaflop 1 .

megaflop

megaflop 1 |ˈmɛgəflɒp | ▶noun Computing a unit of computing speed equal to one million or (strictly ) 1,048,576 floating-point operations per second. ORIGIN 1970s: back-formation from megaflops (see mega-, -flop ).

megaflop

megaflop 2 ▶noun informal a thing that is a complete failure. ORIGIN late 20th cent.: a pun on megaflop 1 .