In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
MEGAFLOP
megaflop, MFLOP, million floating point operations per second
(noun) (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
megaflop (plural megaflops)
(computing) megaflops (one million FLOPS, or floating point operations per second)
Etymology 2
Noun
megaflop (plural megaflops)
(informal) A major flop; a film or other production that is a great failure.
Source: Wiktionary
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