BogoMips (from "bogus" and MIPS) are an unscientific measurement of CPU speed[?] made by the Linux kernel when it boots, to calibrate an internal busy-loop.
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As of the census of 2000, there are 17,006 people, 5,316 households, and 4,454 families residing in the town. The population density is 943.4/km² ...