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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>BogoMIPS</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bogometer.html" title="bogometer"/><link rel="next" href="bogon.html" title="bogon"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">BogoMIPS</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bogometer.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bogon.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="BogoMIPS"/><dt xmlns="" id="BogoMIPS"><b>BogoMIPS</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/bo´go·mips/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The number of million times a second a processor can do absolutely
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nothing. The <a href="../L/Linux.html"><i class="glossterm">Linux</i></a> OS measures BogoMIPS at startup
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in order to calibrate some soft timing loops that will be used later on;
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details at <a href=" http://www.clifton.nl/" target="_top"> the BogoMIPS
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mini-HOWTO</a>. The name Linus chose, of course, is an ironic comment
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on the uselessness of all <span class="emphasis"><em>other</em></span>
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