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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>crank</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="cracking.html" title="cracking"/><link rel="next" href="crapplet.html" title="crapplet"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">crank</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="cracking.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="crapplet.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="crank"/><dt xmlns="" id="crank"><b>crank</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from automotive slang] Verb used to describe the performance of a
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machine, especially sustained performance. “<span class="quote">This box cranks (or,
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cranks at) about 6 megaflops, with a burst mode of twice that on vectorized
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