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:'''''Flops''' redirects here. For the poker term, see [[flop (poker)]]. For commercial failures, see [[List of major flops]].''

In [[computing]], '''flops''' is an acronym of ''floating point operations per second''. This is used as a metric (with the flops as unit) for a [[computer]]'s performance, especially in fields of scientific calculations that make heavy use of [[floating point]] calculations.