teraflop n : (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system [syn: {trillion floating point operations per second}]
teraflop10^12 {flops}. Intel beat Hitachi to the record of 1.06 teraflops, on 04 Dec 1996, unofficially in Beverton, Oregon, using 7264 {Pentium Pro} chips. (1997-07-21)