Where does “zettaflop” come from?

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

zettaflop (English): 10 floating-point operations per second

Definitions

  1. 10 floating-point operations per second

Ancestry of “zettaflop”, step by step

zettaflop 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 zetta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishzetta—
Every word from English floating-point operation →Every word from English FLOP →