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2008-05-19, 07:41
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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FLOPS
Does anyone else share my view that there is
potential confusion between the interpretations 1) "FLoating point OPerationS" 2) "FLoating point Operations Per Second"? David |
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2008-05-19, 08:04
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"The unspeakable one"
Jun 2006
My evil lair
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I've always considered it to be the 'per second' version, and never think of it as just the number ops.
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2008-05-19, 08:17
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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I just noticed that primenet writes GFLOP / s.
The role of the "P" really ratchets up the ambiguity! The interpretation of the s as denoting the plural doesn't help much either. And neither does "FLOating Point":) The L is necessitated by the need to distinguish "floating" from the only alternative "fixed". Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2008-05-19 at 08:53 |
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2008-05-19, 11:17
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Cleves, Germany
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There is no ambiguity...
 "FLOP" is a technical unit. There is no plural for it. Just like it is "26 cm" and not "26 cms"...Quote:
 I wouldn't be too surprised to see "GFLOPps" either... |
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2008-05-19, 12:06
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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I can live with that. But does the "s" denote plural, multiply, or divide by seconds? (Or for that matter "owned by FLOP") This may be clearer in a language where "seconds" don't start with "s" or they form their plurals differently. David PS I can feel a contribution from Ernst comiing on here:) Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2008-05-19 at 12:51 |
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2008-05-19, 13:19
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Feb 2007
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from wikipedia, FLOP:
In computing, FLOPS (or flops or flop/s) is an acronym meaning FLoating point Operations Per Second. (...) Alternatively, the singular FLOP (or flop) is used as an abbreviation for "FLoating-point OPeration", and a flop count is a count of these operations (e.g., required by a given algorithm or computer program). In this context, "flops" is simply the plural rather than a rate. Last fiddled with by m_f_h on 2008-05-19 at 13:23 Reason: link fix |
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2008-05-19, 14:48
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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So multiply, divide and plural are all context dependent.
Splendid. I knew someone was going to tell me to  And/or 
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2008-05-19, 18:01
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Bamboozled!
"๐บ๐๐ท๐ท๐ญ"
May 2003
Down not across
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2008-05-19, 22:09
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"Lucan"
Dec 2006
England
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Last fiddled with by davieddy on 2008-05-19 at 22:11 |
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