benchmark n.
[techspeak] An inaccurate measure of computer
performance. "In the computer industry, there are three kinds of
lies: lies, damn lies, and benchmarks." Well-known ones include
Whetstone, Dhrystone, Rhealstone (see h), the Gabriel LISP
benchmarks (see gabriel), the SPECmark suite, and LINPACK.
See also machoflops, MIPS, sm
[techspeak] An inaccurate measure of computer
performance. "In the computer industry, there are three kinds of
lies: lies, damn lies, and benchmarks." Well-known ones include
Whetstone, Dhrystone, Rhealstone (see h), the Gabriel LISP
benchmarks (see gabriel), the SPECmark suite, and LINPACK.
See also machoflops, MIPS, sm
Related:
- benchmark: [techspeak] n. An inaccurate measure of computer
performance.
"In the computer industry, there are three kinds of... - There are lies, damned lies,
and benchmarks... - There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.
--... - Disraeli was pretty close: actually, there are Lies,
Damn lies, Statistics, Benchmarks, and Delivery dates... - machoflops: /mach'oh-flops/ [pun on `megaflops', a coinage for
`millions of FLoating-point Operations Per Second'] n.
Refers to artificially inflated performance figures... - smoke and mirrors n.
Marketing deceptions. The term is
mainstream in this general sense.
Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus... - There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.
Benjamin...
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- eyeball search n.,v.
To look for something in a mass of
code or data with one's own native optical sensors,
as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching... - dead code n.
Routines that can never be accessed because
all calls to them have been removed,
or code that cannot be reached because it is guarded... - SPACEWAR n.
A space-combat simulation game, inspired by
E.
E. "Doc" Smith's "Lensman" books, in which two spaceships... - netlag n.
[IRC, MUD] A condition that occurs when the
delays in the IRC network or on a MUD become severe
enough that servers briefly lose and then reestablish contact,
causing messages... - hard boot n.
See boot...
