BogoMIPS

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noun

A crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop.

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Meanings

BogoMIPS1

nounBogoMIPS pl (plural only)

alternative BogoMips

  1. pluralplural onlyslangcomputingA crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop.

BogoMips2

nounBogoMips pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of BogoMIPS.

Origin

From bogus and MIPS (“million instructions per second”).

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APA

BogoMIPS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BogoMIPS

MLA

“BogoMIPS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BogoMIPS. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “BogoMIPS,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/BogoMIPS.

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