May 15, 2003

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, benchmark.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:39 AM

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