BogoMIPS

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop.
noun
  1. Alternative form of BogoMIPS.

Word forms

BogoMIPS

Etymology

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

Related words

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