gilley n.
[Usenet] The unit of analogical bogosity. According to its originator, the
standard for one gilley was "the act of bogotoficiously comparing
the shutting down of 1000 machines for a day with the killing of
one person". The milligilley has been found to suffice for most
normal conversational exchanges.
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gillion /gil'y*n/ or /jil'y*n/ n.
[formed from giga- by analogy with
mega/million and tera/trillion] 10^9. Same as an American billion
or a British `milliard'. How one pronounces this depends on
whether one speaks giga- with a hard
or soft `g'.
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ginger n.
See saga.
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GIPS /gips/ or /jips/ n.
[analogy with MIPS]
Giga-Instructions per Second (also possibly `Gillions of
Instructions per Second'; see gillion). In 1991, this is used of only a
handful of highly parallel machines, but this is expected to
change. Compare KIPS.