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Whetstone Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Whetstone
<benchmark> The first major synthetic benchmark program, intended to be representative for numerical (floating-point intensive) programming. It is based on statistics gathered by Brian Wichmann at the National Physical Laboratory in England, using an Algol 60 compiler which translated Algol into instructions for the imaginary Whetstone machine. The compilation system was named after the small town of Whetstone outside the City of Leicester, England, where it was designed.
The later dhrystone benchmark was a pun on Whetstone.
Source code: C, single precision Fortran, double precision Fortran.
["A Synthetic Benchmark", H.J. Curnow and B.A. Wichmann, The Computer Journal, 19,1 (1976), pp. 43-49].
(1994-11-14)
<benchmark> The first major synthetic benchmark program, intended to be representative for numerical (floating-point intensive) programming. It is based on statistics gathered by Brian Wichmann at the National Physical Laboratory in England, using an Algol 60 compiler which translated Algol into instructions for the imaginary Whetstone machine. The compilation system was named after the small town of Whetstone outside the City of Leicester, England, where it was designed.
The later dhrystone benchmark was a pun on Whetstone.
Source code: C, single precision Fortran, double precision Fortran.
["A Synthetic Benchmark", H.J. Curnow and B.A. Wichmann, The Computer Journal, 19,1 (1976), pp. 43-49].
(1994-11-14)
Whetstone Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Whetstone
(n.)
A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.
(n.)
A piece of stone, natural or artificial, used for whetting, or sharpening, edge tools.
| WordNet 2.0 |
whetstone
Noun
1. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
(hypernym) stone
(hyponym) hone
Noun
1. a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
(hypernym) stone
(hyponym) hone
| hEnglish - advanced version |
whetstone
whetstone
while \while\, prep. until; till. [obs. or prov. eng. & scot.] i may be conveyed into your chamber; i'll lie under your bed while midnight. & fl.
similar words(2)
to give the whetstone
whetstone slate
whetstone
while \while\, prep. until; till. [obs. or prov. eng. & scot.] i may be conveyed into your chamber; i'll lie under your bed while midnight. & fl.
similar words(2)
to give the whetstone
whetstone slate
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Calen
Calen = n. a whetstone
Calen = n. a whetstone
Egalen
Egalen = n. whetstone
Hogal
Hogal = n. a whetstone; a strop
Hogalen
Hogalen = n. a whetstone
Hogfaen
Hogfaen = n. a hone, whetstone
Llymedras
Llymedras = n. a whetstone
| Dream Dictionary |
Whetstone
To dream of a whetstone, is significant of sharp worries and close attention is needed in your own affairs, if you avoid difficulties.
You are likely to be forced into an uncomfortable journey.
To dream of a whetstone, is significant of sharp worries and close attention is needed in your own affairs, if you avoid difficulties.
You are likely to be forced into an uncomfortable journey.
Whetstone Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Australian Post Codes |
4387
Locality : WHETSTONE
State: QLD
Locality : WHETSTONE
State: QLD
| UK Post Codes and Counties |
Whetstone
County: Leicestershire
Post Code: LE8
County: Leicestershire
Post Code: LE8
| Australian GPS + Postcode Town Index |
WHETSTONE QLD
QLD -28.42119 150.8486 4387
QLD -28.42119 150.8486 4387
Whetstone Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Whetstone
The term Whetstone can refer to:
- Whetstones (stone circle) is an ancient pagan monument in Shropshire
- Operation Whetstone, a nuclear test program in the 1960s.
- Whetstone (benchmark) - A benchmark for measuring computing power.
- Whetstone (brook) - A brook running through Craftsbury, Vermont, USA.
- Whetstone (tool) - A sharpening stone used for knives and other cutting tools.
- Whetstone Creek is a tributary of the Olentangy River in NE Ohio in the United States.
- Whetstone River in South Dakota and Minnesota in the United States
- Whetstone, Arizona - A place in the United States.
- Whetstone, Cumbria - A place in Cumbria.
- Whetstone, Leicestershire - A place in Leicestershire.
- Whetstone, London - A London district.
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