Derived from the words "Bogus" and "Mips", BogoMips, used the context of the
Linux operating
system, is a unit of measurement that indicates how fast the computer
processor
runs. BogoMips is not a scientific unit of measure, but rather an
indication. The program that provides the BogoMips measurement was written by
Linus Torvalds and is built into some versions of Linux. BogoMips may also be
seen written as
bogoMIPS.
See also Linux.