gigaflop

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noun

A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (10⁹) floating point operations per second.

Similar
billion floating point operations per secondGFLOPS
OriginEnglish flop ← Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas) →
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Meanings

noungigaflop (plural gigaflops)

plural gigaflops

  1. computingA unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (10⁹) floating point operations per second.

    The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine...

    1992 March 2, Richard Preston, “The Mountains of Pi”, in The New Yorker

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating point operations per second.

Similar
billion floating point operations per secondGFLOPS
Broader
unit of measurementunit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Englishflop
  5. Englishgigaflop

From giga- + flop.

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Translations

Finnish gigaflops, miljardi laskutoimitusta sekunnissa
  • gigaflopsone billion FLOPS
  • miljardi laskutoimitusta sekunnissaone billion FLOPS
Polish gigaflops
  • gigaflopsone billion FLOPS
Portuguese gigaflop
  • gigaflopone billion FLOPS
Russian гигафло́пс
  • гигафло́пс (gigaflóps)one billion FLOPS
Cite this entry
APA

gigaflop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigaflop

MLA

“gigaflop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigaflop. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gigaflop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gigaflop.

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