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.


see also:
linux mips 

bogomips
     
         from "bogus", "mips" the timing unit of the linux
        kernel.
     
        a bogomips is an unscientific measurement of processor speed
        made by the linux kernel when it boots, to calibrate an
        internal busy-loop.
     
        bogomips minihowto
        http://metalab.unc.edu/ldp/howto/mini/bogomips.html.
     
        1999-05-06
     
     
see also:
mips linux kernel processor boots busy-loop 
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