Whetstone.
A suburb and ward in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2693).
Meaning & usage
A suburb and ward in the borough of Barnet, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2693).
A large village and civil parish in Blaby district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP5597).
A census-designated place in Cochise County, Arizona, United States.
An unincorporated community in Clay County, West Virginia, United States.
A surname.
A synthetic benchmark for evaluating the power and performance of a computer, primarily based on floating-point arithmetic.
Where this word comes from
The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at an English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire.
A single instruction of the Whetstone benchmark, often expressed as a value per second.
Where this word comes from
The benchmark is named after the Whetstone compiler built at an English Electric Company division in Whetstone, Leicestershire.
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