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From: jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu (Joe Buck)
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Subject: Re: GIPS? --> BIPS!
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Date: 14 Dec 90 23:18:26 GMT
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In article <780021@otter.hpl.hp.com> tgg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Tom Gardner) writes:
|> >|So I propose: Let's call 1000 MIPS: 1 BIPS

Since MIPS stands for Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed, would
BIPS stand for Bogus Indicator of Processor Speed?


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