gigaflops

[ gig-uh-flops, jig‑ ]

noun

1. a measure of computer speed, equal to one billion floating-point operations per second.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gigaflops¹

First recorded in 1985–90; giga- ( def ) + flops

Example Sentences

It relies on a combined use of a new generation of low-noise, fast-frame cameras and high-performance processors capable of executing hundreds of gigaflops.

From Scientific American

A desktop computer runs at gigaflops.

From Reuters

A desktop computer runs at gigaflops.

From Reuters

Movidius says it delivers more than 100 gigaflops of performance, and can natively run neural networks built using the Caffe framework.

From The Verge

Some people would argue that this card doesn’t particularly live up to the Titan Titan name due to having only 200 Gigaflops of double precision compute capability.

From Forbes