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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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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