"BogoMIPS" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: BogoMips [alternative]
Etymology: From bogus and MIPS (“million instructions per second”). Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} BogoMIPS pl (plural only)
  1. (computing, slang) A crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop. Tags: plural, plural-only, slang Related terms: bogon, bogosity, bogosort

Alternative forms

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