machoflops

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 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}.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

machoflops

   /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "{megaflops}" referring to the
   inflated performance figures often quoted by computer
   manufacturers.  Real {application programs} are lucky to get
   half the quoted speed.

   See {Your mileage may vary}, {benchmark}.

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1995-02-15)

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