Mips Moderate

Mips has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions

Noun

(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"

MIPS million instructions per second

million instructions per second

"The processor's performance was measured in mips, showing it could execute a million instructions per second."

In plain English: MIPS is an old computer chip that was once used to run video games and other programs on early handheld devices.

"The mips were running through the tall grass in search of food."

Example Sentences

"The mips were running through the tall grass in search of food." noun

"The mops were stored in the corner of the kitchen after cleaning up the spill." noun

"She bought new mops to replace her old ones that had fallen apart." noun

"We need more mops for the staff during the busy shift at the gym." noun

Related Terms

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

unit of measurement

Origin

The term mips is formed by combining the prefix mega-, which means one million, with ips to create a unit of measurement. It was first used in computing contexts to describe millions of instructions per second.

Rhyming Words

ips dips tips nips rips lips yips pips sips kips vips hips fips zips blips flips crips skips whips clips

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