MIPS

M3I1P3S1

Initialism of million instructions per second.

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million instructions per second
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Meanings

MIPS1

nounMIPS pl (plural only)
  1. abbreviationinitialismpluralplural onlycomputingInitialism of million instructions per second.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismcomputingInitialism of Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages, a RISC-style instruction set architecture.

MIPs2

noun
  1. pluralplural of MIP

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
million instructions per second
Broader
unit of measurementunit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

simpspimIMSP
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APA

MIPS. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MIPS

MLA

“MIPS.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MIPS. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “MIPS,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/MIPS.

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