BOGOMIPS

Domain	Definition
Computing	BogoMIPS /bo'go-mips/ n. The number of million times a second a processor can do absolutely nothing. The Linux OS measures BogoMIPS at startup in order to calibrate some soft timing loops that will be used later on; details at the BogoMIPS mini-HOWTO (http://www.clifton.nl/). The name Linus chose, of course, is an ironic comment on the uselessness of all _other_ MIPS figures. Source: Jargon File.
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Specialty Definition: BogoMips

BogoMips (from "bogus" and MIPS) are an unscientific measurement of CPU speed made by the Linux kernel when it boots, to calibrate an internal busy-loop.

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External links:

BogoMips MiniHowto.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: BOGOMIPS

Anagrams: BOGOMIPS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-g-i-m-o-o-p-s"
	-2 letters: gombos.
	-3 letters: booms, bosom, gimps, gismo, gobos, gombo, goops.
	-4 letters: bigs, bios, bogs, boom, boos, bops, gibs, gimp, gips, gobo, gobs, goop, goos, imps, mibs, migs, miso, mobs, mogs, moos, mops, obis, oops, pigs, piso, pois, poms, simp, smog.
	-5 letters: big, bio, bis, bog, boo, bop, bos, gib, gip, gob, goo, gos, imp, ism.
	Words containing the letters "b-g-i-m-o-o-p-s"
	+5 letters: amphibologies.
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