NOUN | quantity | MIPS, million instructions per second | (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system) |
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Sounds | mih'ps | |
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Rhymes | amidships ... thrips: 9 rhymes with ihps... |
Meaning | (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system). | |
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Synonym | million instructions per second | |
Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
Broader | unit of measurement, unit | Any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange |
Catalan | MIPS |
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