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- noun computing a
measure of thespeed of acomputer ; onemillion floating point operations persecond . - noun informal A major
flop ; a film or other production that is a greatfailure .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (computer science) a unit for measuring the speed of a computer system
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Examples
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Weighing in at No. 3 on our list, the DV-8 was the overhyped giant robot from the 1990 megaflop, “Crash and Burn.”
2009 February 2009
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Weighing in at No. 3 on our list, the DV-8 was the overhyped giant robot from the 1990 megaflop, “Crash and Burn.”
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This line of speculation conjures visions of a discussion among the Chairman's advisers wearing various sun glasses and other stereotypical Hollywood gear, like studio moguls discussing their plans for the next box office megaflop ....
Harold Feld: What Congressional Dems Have To Fear If The FCC Bungles Net Neutrality. 2010
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This line of speculation conjures visions of a discussion among the Chairman's advisers wearing various sun glasses and other stereotypical Hollywood gear, like studio moguls discussing their plans for the next box office megaflop ....
Harold Feld: What Congressional Dems Have To Fear If The FCC Bungles Net Neutrality. 2010
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This line of speculation conjures visions of a discussion among the Chairman's advisers wearing various sun glasses and other stereotypical Hollywood gear, like studio moguls discussing their plans for the next box office megaflop ....
Harold Feld: What Congressional Dems Have To Fear If The FCC Bungles Net Neutrality. 2010
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This was in '66, during a day off from filming my supposed comeback picture, Fox's disastrous megaflop Doctor Dolittle, with Dickie Attenborough and Rex.
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Bruce Willis, for one, is unlikely to include him on his Christmas card list after Grant complained about his self-centred behaviour - they were in the megaflop
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It is trying to fix the blame for the Air India-IA megaflop merger, not the problem.
Analysis 2010
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This line of speculation conjures visions of a discussion among the Chairman's advisors wearing various sun glasses and other stereotypical Hollywood gear, like studio moguls discussing their plans for the next box office megaflop ....
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The hardware was comparable to the wave of '3M' (named for their megaflop processors, megapixel displays and megabytes of memory) workstations that IBM, Sun and Apollo all had in the pipeline.
OSNews 2009
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