FLOPS stands for Floating Point Operations Per Second.

FLOPS is often used to measure a computer's processor performance. Clock speed, measured in megahertz (MHz), is usually defined as the speed of an indicator or processor, but not how many calculations a processor can perform per second. Therefore, FLOPS is a more effective method for measuring the processing speed of a processor.

So Why Floating Point?

Floating Point (FP) actually represents fractional numbers. It is easy and fast for computers to calculate fixed points (integers). On the other hand, fractional numbers are the opposite, but give more precise results. Therefore, although floating point operations require performance, more accurate results are obtained about the processing capacities of computers.