Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gigaflop

/ɡˈɪɡəflˌɑp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gi-gaflop
IPA: /ɡˈɪɡəflˌɑp/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas) Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der. English giga- English flop English gigaflop From giga- + flop.

Inflected Forms

gigaflops (plural)

Synonyms

billion floating point operations per second gflops

Questions

How do you pronounce gigaflop?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɪɡəflˌɑp/.
What does gigaflop mean?: A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (10⁹) floating point operations per second.
Where does gigaflop come from?: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Γίγας (Gígas) Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)der. English giga- English flop English gigaflop From giga- + flop.

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