Dhrystone

== English == === Etymology === A pun combining Whetstone +‎ dry due to the homophony of wet and whet. === Proper noun === Dhrystone (computing) A microprocessor benchmark measuring primarily fixed-point arithmetic performance. Coordinate term: Whetstone === Noun === Dhrystone (plural Dhrystones) (computing) A measure of the Dhrystone benchmark, calibrated to some reference architecture. ==== Derived terms ==== DMIPS