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MIPS

US/ˈmɪps/ uncommon

noun

1.

(computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer''s CPU (but not the whole system)

  • “4 MIPS is 4,000,000 instructions per second”
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Origin

Analyzable as M- (“mega-, 10⁶x”) + IPS

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