BogoMIPS /bo'go-mips/ n.
The number of million times a second a processor can do
absolutely nothing. The Linux OS
measures BogoMIPS at startup in order to calibrate some soft
timing loops that will be used later on; details at the BogoMIPS mini-HOWTO. The
name Linus chose, of course, is an ironic comment on the
uselessness of all other MIPS
figures.