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An area in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2693). examples
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(computing) A synthetic benchmark for evaluating the power and performance of a computer, primarily based on floating-point arithmetic. quotations examples
Developed in the early 1970s by Harold Curnow and Brian Wichmann, Whetstones was originally released in Algol and Fortran versions but was later translated into several other languages.
2016, Joseph D. Dumas II, Computer Architecture: Fundamentals and Principles of Computer Design, second edition, CRC Press
Whetstone reflects mostly numerical computing, using a substantial amount of floating-point arithmetic.
2018, Sajjan G. Shiva, Advanced Computer Architectures, CRC Press, page 67
plural Whetstones
(computing) A single instruction of the Whetstone benchmark, often expressed as a value per second. quotations examples
The Prodigy 4 does 500,000 Whetstones.
1994, Binod C. Agrawal, Larry R. Symes, Future of Computerisation in Institutions of Higher Learning, Concept Publishing Company, page 92