Cryptic crossword clue
High-speed show’s a failure 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GIGAFLOP

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The straight part
We know that "High-speed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case high-speed = gigaflop.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does GIGAFLOP mean?

GIGAFLOP noun
  1. A unit of measure for the calculating speed of a computer equal to one billion (109) floating point operations per second.

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