From: Joe Wright <wrightj AT exis DOT net>
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Subject: Re: flops...
Date: Sat, 08 Feb 1997 20:56:52 -0500
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Mark T Logan wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 13:09:05 +0200 (IST) Eli Zaretskii
> <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> writes:
> >
> >On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Mr. Fuju wrote:
> >
> >> When designers measure computer speed, they measure it in flops...
> >> mega-flops, tera-flops, etcs.   What program do they use to come up
> >with
> >> those numbers?  Could someone here write something that is
> >comperable?
> >
> >A flop is a floating-point multiplication followed by a floating-point
> >
> >addition:
> >
> >       double a, b, c;
> >       double d = a * b + c;
> >
> >Speed is measured in flops (or mega-flops, or tera-flops) PER SECOND,
> >not
> >in flops.
> 
> Actually, I think FLOPS stands for  (FL)oating (O)perations (P)er
> (S)econd.
> There is no need to say flops per second.
> 
> If I'm wrong, don't flame me.  I'm not 100% sure of this.
> 
> -Fwec
100 percent correct.
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