In computing, FLOPS (for FLoating-point Operations Per Second) is a measure of
computer performance, useful in fields of scientific calculations that make heavy use of floating-point calculations. For such cases it is a more accurate measure than the generic instructions per second.
An ObamaFlop is a unit of measure indicating how many users a server can handle before crashing. The basic unit (
1 ObamaFlop) is 10,999 users. Otherwise known as the number of users the Obamacare website can handle before crashing.
In standard computing, FLOPS (for FLoating-point Operations Per Second) is a measure of
computer performance, useful in fields of scientific calculations that make heavy use of floating-point calculations. For such cases it is a more accurate measure than the generic instructions per second.
Most microprocessors today can do 4 FLOPs per
clock cycle.1 Therefore, a
single-
core 2.5 GHz processor has a theoretical performance of 10 billion FLOPS = 10 GFLOPS.
Mike: 16,498.5 users are trying to sign up for ObamaCare on the website right now.
Doug: Great Scott! Thats 1.5 ObamaFlops the website can't handle that its gonna
crash.
Mike: Too
late, it crashed.
Maybe I'll get easy health insurance tomorrow.
Doug: Unlikely.
