 FACT: There is a reference to the Skynet computer operating at 60  "teraFLOPS per second", which is an inaccurate use of the term FLOPS  (tera is correct, as it means trillion). A FLOP is an acronym for  FlOating Point Operation and a FLOPS is a FlOating Point Operation  per Second (note that FLOPS is singular, not plural). The FLOPS  count is used to measure a computers performance, particularly  those in the scientific and academic fields. So to speak of "FLOPS  per second" is redundant. One could argue that "FLOPS per second"  refers to acceleration (such as miles per hour per hour) but members  of the scientific computation field never speak of a computers  acceleration.