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English

Etymology

speed with -metron (cf. thermometer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA: spɪˈdamɘɾɹˌ

Noun

  1. A device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle
  2. Such a device incorporating an odometer


Translations

  • Croatian: {{t-|hr|brzinomjer|m}}
  • Finnish:
  • French:
  • German: {{t-|de|Geschwindigkeitsmesser|m}}
  • Japanese: {{t-|ja|速度計|tr=sokudokei|sc=Jpan}}
  • Finnish:

See also


io:speedometer pl:speedometer ru:speedometer fi:speedometer ta:speedometer tt:speedometer vi:speedometer

WordNet speedometer
n : a meter fixed to a vehicle that measures and displays its
speed [syn: speed indicator]
Jargon speedometer n. A pattern of lights displayed on a linear set of LEDs
(today) or nixie tubes (yesterday, on ancient mainframes). The pattern
is shifted left every N times the operating system goes through its
main loop. A swiftly moving pattern indicates that the system is
mostly idle; the speedometer slows down as the system becomes
overloaded. The speedometer on Sun Microsystems hardware bounces back
and forth like the eyes on one of the Cylons from the wretched
"Battlestar Galactica" TV series.

Historical note: One computer, the GE 600 (later Honeywell 6000)
actually had an _analog_ speedometer on the front panel, calibrated in
instructions executed per second.


FOLDOC speedometer

A pattern of lights displayed on a linear set of LEDs (today)
or nixie tubes (yesterday, on ancient mainframes). The
pattern is shifted left every N times the operating system
goes through its main loop. A swiftly moving pattern
indicates that the system is mostly idle; the speedometer
slows down as the system becomes overloaded. The speedometer
on Sun Microsystems hardware bounces back and forth like the
eyes on one of the Cylons from the wretched "Battlestar
Galactica" TV series.

Historical note: One computer, the GE 600 (later Honeywell
6000) actually had an *analog* speedometer on the front panel,
calibrated in instructions executed per second.

[Jargon File]


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