machoflops /mach'oh-flops/ n.
[pun on `megaflops', a
coinage for `millions of FLoating-point Operations Per Second']
Refers to artificially inflated performance figures often quoted by
computer manufacturers. Real applications are lucky to get half
the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchm
[pun on `megaflops', a
coinage for `millions of FLoating-point Operations Per Second']
Refers to artificially inflated performance figures often quoted by
computer manufacturers. Real applications are lucky to get half
the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchm
Related:
- machoflops: /mach'oh-flops/ [pun on `megaflops', a coinage for
`millions of FLoating-point Operations Per Second'] n.
Refers to artificially inflated performance figures... - At that time [the 1960s], Bell Laboratories scientists projected that
computer speeds as high as 30 million floating-point calculations per
second (megaflops) would be needed for the Army's ballistic missile
defense system.
Many computer experts -- including a National Academy... - Your own mileage
may vary... - Your mileage may vary cav.
[from the standard disclaimer
attached to EPA mileage ratings by American car manufacturers] 1.
A ritual warning often found in Unix freeware distributions... - Your mileage may vary: [from the standard disclaimer attached to
EPA mileage ratings by American car manufacturers] cav.
1. A ritual warning often found in UNIX freeware... - Your mileage may vary.
Your car may not run... - YMMV // cav.
Abbreviation for Your mileage may vary common on Usenet... - Those who pun should be drawn and
quoted... - benchmark n.
[techspeak] An inaccurate measure of computer
performance.
"In the computer industry, there are three kinds of...
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The peculiar clicking and whooshing sounds made... - sponge n.
[Unix] A special case of a filter that reads its
entire input before writing any output;
the canonical example is a sort utility. Unlike... - lord high fixer n.
[primarily British, from Gilbert &
Sullivan's `lord high executioner'] The person in an... - Chinese Army technique n.
Syn.
Mongolian Hordes technique... - shovelware /shuh'v*l-weir`/ n.
1. Extra software dumped onto
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the software distribution it's intended to carry,
but not ...
