floating point operation

English

Alternative forms

floating-point operation

Noun

floating point operation (plural floating point operations)

(computing) any simple operation, such as addition, multiplication or division performed on floating point numbers using a single operation

Synonyms

FLOP, flop

Translations

computing: simple operation

Finnish: liukulukulasku

Portuguese: operação de ponto flutuante f, operação em ponto flutuante f

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