"petaflop" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛtəflɒp/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɛtəflɑp/ [US] Forms: petaflops [plural]
Etymology: peta- + flop Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|peta|flop}} peta- + flop Head templates: {{en-noun}} petaflop (plural petaflops)
  1. (computing) Either of two units of measure of the calculating speed of a computer:
    a quadrillion (10¹⁵) floating point operations per second.
    Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-petaflop-en-noun-Fvk99DaM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with peta- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with peta-: 56 44 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) Either of two units of measure of the calculating speed of a computer:
    1,125,899,906,842,624 (2⁵⁰) floating point operations per second.
    Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-petaflop-en-noun-0FOE2xY3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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