if you find this sort of thing funny. Glossary entry found on "The
Register" (a must read IT-news site for any involved in the computer
biz):

Benchmarketing oops sorry Benchmarking Somewhere in the UK there used
                       to be an uncryogenically cooled bit of material
called the yard. This strange
                       measure undoubtedly is related to other archaisms
such as the furlong, the perch
                       and the fathom. But, unlike the last, the process
of benchmarketing is
                       unfathomable.

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