Meanings
nounexaflop (plural exaflops)
plural exaflops
- computing10¹⁸ floating-point operations per second.
The next thousandfold goal is the exaflop, which is a quintillion calculations per second, followed by the zettaflop, the yottaflop and the xeraflop.
2008 June 9, John Markoff, “Military Supercomputer Sets Record”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system, equal to one quintillion floating-point operations a second.
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EFLOPS
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Translations
Finnish eksaflops, triljoona laskutoimitusta sekunnissa
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Polish eksaflops
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Russian эксафло́пс
- эксафло́пс (ɛksaflóps)Translations
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APA
exaflop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaflop
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“exaflop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaflop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exaflop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exaflop.
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