From: "A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: flops...
Date: Sun, 09 Feb 1997 17:22:00 -0500
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Joe Wright wrote:
> 
> Mark T Logan wrote:
> > 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.
> --
> Joe Wright     mailto:wrightj AT exis DOT net

well, depends on the context. in matlab, for example, FLOPS stands for
FLoating point OPerationS. the command flops tells you how many floating
point operations you functions took. so, if somebody is used to that
type of an environment, it would mean the raw number of operations.
whereas, in the computer bench-hyping industry, it does stand for the
number of operations per second.
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   -- Sinan
 
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