Also, do a flip-flop or one-eighty . Reverse one's opinion or course of action. For example, The board did an about-face on acquiring more land, or We expected Dad to do a flip-flop concerning our vacation plans, or They had relied on Jim to vote for Harry, but he did a one-eighty and cast his vote for the incumbent .

What does the phrase flip-flop mean?

Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy. a backward somersault. Also called flip-flop circuit.

How does a flip-flop store data?

A Flip-flop is use to store one bit of information. By connecting several Flip-flops together, they may store data that can represent the state of a sequencer, the value of a counter, an ASCII character in a computer's memory or any other piece of information.