BOGOMIPS


Meaning of BOGOMIPS in English

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 . The name Linus chose, of course, is an ironic comment on the uselessness of all other MIPS figures.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.