BogoMIPS

bogometer | = B = | bogon

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

bogometer | = B = | bogon