flops

American  

[flops] / flɒps /

noun

Computers.

1. a measure of computer speed, equal to the number of floating-point operations the computer can perform per second (used especially in combination withmega-, giga-, tera- ).

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flops British  

acronym

1. floating-point operations per second: used as a measure of computer processing power (in combination with a prefix)

   megaflops

   gigaflops

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Etymology

Origin of flops

First recorded in 1985–90; shortening of fl(oating-point) op(erations per) s(econd)

Example Sentences

In other scenes as other people, she flops about with the weird violence of a marionette playacting a vixen only to become that sex object after a blood sacrifice.

From Salon

Experiments show this strategy is effective in the lab, but flops in everyday circumstances.

From Washington Post

In a catalogue of what was left behind, the affidavit lists bullet casings, copper-jacketed bullet fragments and a pair of child-size flip flops.

From Washington Post

Six years after launching a line of Linux game consoles that went down as one of the biggest tech flops of the past decade, Valve is trying once again.

From The Verge

Shapovalov, a big-hitting, left-handed Canadian with a blond forelock that flops over his white bandanna, was in his first Grand Slam semifinal.

From Washington Post