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benchmark
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n. [techspeak] An inaccurate measure of computer performance. In the
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computer industry, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and
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benchmarks. Well-known ones include Whetstone, Dhrystone, Rhealstone (see h
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), the Gabriel LISP benchmarks, the SPECmark suite, and LINPACK. See also
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machoflops , MIPS , smoke and mirrors.
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