What exactly is a FLOP?

390 Views Asked by Bumbble Comm At 27 Mar 2026 - 11:45

I know that is a "FLoating-point Operation" but,what exactly mean this!? Can anyone make me a mathematical example of a FLOP?

For example, is $\sqrt{2}$ a FLOP?

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Bumbble Comm On 18 Mar 2013 - 8:48 BEST ANSWER

No a floating point operation is an operation like $+$ $-$ $\cdot$ or $/$, where the numbers and the result are both floating point numbers.

Bumbble Comm On 18 Mar 2013 - 8:48

Googling : How many FLOPs does a sqrt() take?

Here a few answers : *faq *flop counting

HTH