speculate

v 1: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds:

"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in

swamps." [syn: {theorize}, {theorise}, {conjecture}, {hypothesize},

{hypothecate}, {suppose}]

2: indulge in speculations

3: think about at length and in depth; "I mulled over the

events of the afternoon" [syn: {chew over}, {think over},

{meditate}, {ponder}, {contemplate}, {muse}, {reflect}, {mull},

{mull over}, {ruminate}]

4: invest at a risk [syn: {job}]

SPEC rate

Results of the throughput measurement using {SPEC}

{benchmark} suites {CINT92} and {CFP92}. With the throughput

measurement method, several copies of a given benchmark are

executed. The method is particularly suitable for

{multiprocessor} systems.

The results, called SPEC rate, express how many jobs of a

particular type (characterised by the individual benchmark)

can be executed in a given time (The SPEC reference time

happens to be a week, the execution times are normalized with

respect to a {VAX 11/780}). The SPEC rates therefore

characterise the capacity of a system for compute-intensive

jobs of similar characteristics.

See also {SPEC ratio}.

(1994-11-14)