First Known Use: 1976
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gigaflop
noun giga·flop \-ˌfläp\
Definition of GIGAFLOP
: a unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion floating-point operations per second
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Origin of GIGAFLOP
floating-point operation
Rhymes with GIGAFLOP
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