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Floating point operations per second
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<p> Floating point operations per second (FLOPS, flops or flop/s) is a measure of <a href="/facts/Computer_performance/td1qKox4">computer performance</a> in <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a>, useful in fields of scientific computations that require <a href="/facts/Floating-point/eIckahxe">floating-point</a> calculations. </p><p>For such cases, it is a more accurate measure than measuring <a href="/facts/Instructions_per_second/N23PAFGV">instructions per second</a>. </p>