Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?

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Subject: Off-topic: what is bogoMIPS?
From: Hans van den Boogert <hansfong@mail.geocities.com>
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:54:15 +0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 3.0.32.19990512105305.00765528@mail.geocities.com>

I understand what MIPS is (Million Instructions per Second), but what does
the bogo stand for? My 486-33 measures 4 bogoMIPS during Linux boot-up, so
how is this calculated? -Hans

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