floating point operation

English

Alternative forms

• floating-point operation

Noun

floating point operation (plural floating point operations)

1. (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