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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>machoflops</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../M.html" title="M"/><link rel="previous" href="macdink.html" title="macdink"/><link rel="next" href="Macintoy.html" title="Macintoy"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">machoflops</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="macdink.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">M</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="Macintoy.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="machoflops"/><dt xmlns="" id="machoflops"><b>machoflops</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/mach´oh·flops/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [pun on <span class="firstterm">megaflops</span>, a coinage
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for ‘millions of FLoating-point Operations Per Second’] Refers
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to artificially inflated performance figures often quoted by computer
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manufacturers. Real applications are lucky to get half the quoted
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speed. See <a href="../Y/Your-mileage-may-vary.html"><i class="glossterm">Your mileage may vary</i></a>,
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