👉 Equivalent computing is a theoretical concept that measures the computational power of different machines by comparing their ability to perform a specific task, typically by calculating the number of operations they can execute in a given timeframe. It allows us to understand and quantify how much processing power one machine has relative to another, regardless of the specific architecture or programming language used. For instance, a machine with 10 billion floating-point operations per second (FLOPS) is considered to have twice the computational power of a machine with 1 billion FLOPS, assuming both machines perform the same types of operations. This concept is crucial for comparing and evaluating the performance of hardware, software, and algorithms in various computing environments.
