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Meaning of Dhrystone | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A microprocessor benchmark measuring primarily fixed-point arithmetic performance.
  2. A measure of the Dhrystone benchmark, calibrated to some reference architecture.

Examples

“While the average Dhrystones per task decline rapidly after five, the total number of Dhrystones increases until the number of tasks […]”
“Because a VAX 11/70 could execute 1,757 loops through the Dhrystone benchmark in 1 second, 1,757 loops became 1 Dhrystone.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

DHS DHSC DHSS DHSUD DHT DHTML

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