MEGAFLOP Definition & Meaning

megaflop

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noun

computing a measure of processing speed, consisting of a million floating-point operations a second

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Origin of megaflop¹

C20: from mega- + flo ( ating ) p ( oint )

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Special effects are so costly these days that studios can ill afford a megaflop.

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How to make a megaflop MEL BROOKS’S classic comedy, “The Producers”, tells of two crooks who try to cheat their investors by producing a sure-fire theatrical flop.

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But “John Carter” looks set to be a megaflop, down there with “Heaven’s Gate”, “Ishtar” and “Cutthroat Island”.

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A guaranteed way for the modern equivalent of Mel Brooks’s producers to produce a megaflop?

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