BogoMIPS

noun

BogoMIPS

noun

Etymology From bogus and MIPS (“million instructions per second”).

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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Slang A crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop.

Related terms
bogon, bogosity, bogosort

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