Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

teraflop club
     
         /te'r*-flop kluhb/ (From {tera-} and {flops}) A
        mythical association of people who consume outrageous amounts
        of computer time in order to produce a few simple pictures of
        glass balls with intricate ray-tracing techniques.  {Caltech}
        professor James Kajiya is said to have been the founder.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1997-07-21)