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)