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Then it should be "FLOPs" to indicate that the S is not separate word in the acronym, just the plural form.
by seanw444 2y ago
Then it should be "FLOPs" to indicate that the S is not separate word in the acronym, just the plural form.
- jonhohle 2y agoIt’s not an acronym, it’s an abbreviation. Unfortunately, the rules for abbreviations are effectively arbitrary (or specific to some etymology that’s not available from context). The “s” could be op(s) or seconds, but back in 90s trade publications it was seconds.