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Gigaflops

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000479

A unit of measurement for a computer's processing speed, representing one billion (10^9) floating-point operations per second. Floating-point operations involve calculations with real numbers, which are common in scientific, engineering, and graphics applications. This metric is used to compare the performance of supercomputers and graphics processing units (GPUs).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000479
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectTechnical
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Gigaflops",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A unit of measurement for a computer's processing speed, representing one billion (10^9) floating-point operations per second. Floating-point operations involve calculations with real numbers, which are common in scientific, engineering, and graphics applications. This metric is used to compare the performance of supercomputers and graphics processing units (GPUs).",
  "subject": "Technical",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/gigaflops/"
}

Record 526 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.