:'''''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.
One should speak in the singular of a ''flops'' and not of a ''flop'', although the latter is frequently encountered. The final ''s'' stands for ''second'' and does not indicate a plural.
