Where does “teraflop” come from?

teraflop (English) comes from English tera-, from Ancient Greek τέρας, from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- — to do; to make; to build.

teraflop (English): A unit of computing power equal to one trillion (10¹²) floating-point operations per second

Definitions

  1. A unit of computing power equal to one trillion (10¹²) floating-point operations per second

Ancestry of “teraflop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtera-API; In the International System of Units and...
2Ancient Greekτέραςsign, marvel, wonder; divine sign, omen, portent;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷer-to do; to make; to build
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷer- →Every word from English tera- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέρας →