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• moke and mirrors n. Marketing deceptions. The term is mainstream in this general sense.
  Among hackers it's strongly associated with bogus demos and crocked benchmarks (see also MIPS, machoflops)....
• benchmark: [techspeak] n. An inaccurate measure of computer performance.
  In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lie...
• MIPS: /mips/ [abbreviation] n. 1. A measure of computing speed
  formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^(20)!...
• Brief History Of Linux (#18) There are lies, damned lies, and Microsoft brochures Even from the very first day, the Microsoft Marketing Department was at full throttle.
  Vaporware has always been their weapon of choice. Back when MS-DOS 1....
• MIPS /mips/ n. [abbreviation] 1. A measure of computing speed
  formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^(20)!...
• moke test: n. 1. A rudimentary form of testing applied to electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguratio
  in which power is applied and the tester checks for sparks, smoke, or other dramatic signs of fundamental failure....
• bogus: adj. 1. Non-functional. "Your patches are bogus.
  2. Useless. "OPCON is a bogus program." 3. False....
• oid suff. [from Greek suffix -oid = `in the image of'] 1.
  Used as in mainstream slang English to indicate a poor imitation, a counterfeit, or some otherwise slightly bogus resemblance....
• green lightning: [IBM] n. 1. Apparently random flashing streaks on the face of 3278-9 terminals while a new symbol set is being downloaded.
  This hardware bug was left deliberately unfixed, as some genius within IBM suggested it would let the user know that `something is happening'....