Where does “kiloflop” come from?

kiloflop (English) comes from English FLOP, from English floating-point operation — Alternative form of floating point operation.

kiloflop (English): A unit of computing power equal to 1,000 floating...

Definitions

  1. A unit of computing power equal to 1,000 floating...

Ancestry of “kiloflop”, step by step

kiloflop traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English FLOP

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFLOPSynonym of flop
2Englishfloating-point operationAlternative form of floating point operation

via English kilo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkiloClipping of kilogram
Every word from English floating-point operation →Every word from English FLOP →