Teraflop (Noun)
Meaning
(computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- The new supercomputer is capable of processing information at a rate of 10 petaflops, which is significantly faster than its predecessor that only reached 1 teraflop.
- The gaming console's processor was clocked at 1.84 teraflop, making it one of the fastest consumer-grade systems on the market.
- The company's data center was upgraded to include servers that could handle up to 5 teraflops of processing power per second.
- In 2013, the world's fastest supercomputer reached a speed of 33.86 petaflops, which is roughly 33,860 teraflops.
- The high-performance computing cluster was designed to achieve a combined processing power of 100 teraflops, making it suitable for complex scientific simulations.