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BogoMIPS

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

Noun (1)

BogoMIPS pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang) A crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop.

Noun (2) capitalized: BogoMips

BogoMips pl (plural only)

  1. (alternative, plural, plural-only) Alternative form of BogoMIPS.

Forms of BogoMIPS

alternative formBogoMips

Origin of BogoMIPS

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

Questions about BogoMIPS

What does BogoMIPS mean?
BogoMIPS means a crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop.
What part of speech is BogoMIPS?
BogoMIPS is a noun.

Words near BogoMIPS in the dictionary

  1. Bogomilians
  2. Bogomilism
  3. Bogomilist
  4. Bogomilists
  5. Bogomils
  6. BogoMIPS
  7. Bogomol
  8. bogon
  9. bogon filter
  10. bogon filters
  11. bogong

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