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any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division, that a particular computer can perform using a single operation
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floating-point operation — noun an arithmetic operation performed on floating point numbers this computer can perform a million flops per second • Syn: ↑flop • Hypernyms: ↑computer operation, ↑machine operation * * * floating point operation noun (computing) … Useful english dictionary
Floating Point Operations Per Second — (kurz FLOPS; englisch für Gleitkommaoperationen pro Sekunde) ist ein Maß für die Leistungsfähigkeit von Rechnersystemen[1] oder Prozessoren und bezeichnet die Anzahl der Gleitkommazahl Operationen (Additionen oder Multiplikationen), die von ihnen … Deutsch Wikipedia
Floating Point Operations per Second — (englisch für Gleitkommaoperationen pro Sekunde, Abk.: FLOPS) ist eine Maßeinheit für die Geschwindigkeit von Computersystemen oder Prozessoren und bezeichnet die Anzahl der Gleitkommazahl Operationen (Additionen oder Multiplikationen), die von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Floating point — In computing, floating point describes a method of representing real numbers in a way that can support a wide range of values. Numbers are, in general, represented approximately to a fixed number of significant digits and scaled using an exponent … Wikipedia
Floating-point unit — An Intel 80287 A floating point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication,… … Wikipedia
Floating point unit — A floating point unit (FPU) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root. Some systems (particularly… … Wikipedia
floating-point — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : expressed in, using, or being a mathematical notation in which a number is represented (as in a computer display) by an integer or a decimal fraction usually with a positive or negative exponent indicating the number… … Useful english dictionary
Floating-Point Operations Per Second — (FLOPS) (opérations à virgule flottante par seconde) est une mesure commune de repère pour évaluer la vitesse des microprocesseurs. Les opérations en virgule flottante incluent toutes les opérations qui impliquent des nombres réels. De telles… … Wikipédia en Français
Floating-point operations per second — (FLOPS) (opérations à virgule flottante par seconde) est une mesure commune de repère pour évaluer la vitesse des microprocesseurs. Les opérations en virgule flottante incluent toutes les opérations qui impliquent des nombres réels. De telles… … Wikipédia en Français
floating point calculation — calculation operation of numbers containing decimals, calculation of fractional numbers … English contemporary dictionary
