What exactly doesn flops mean? like when it's said processor x is 5 gflops. I know it's the abbreviation of floating point operations per second. but what exactly does it mean? what's floating point operation? thank you. exactly doesn flops mean? like when it's said processor x is 5 gflops. I know it's the abbreviation of floating point operations per second. but what exactly does it mean? what's floating point operation? thank you.