mips

5 definitions found

mips - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  MIPS
      n 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" [syn: MIPS, million instructions per second
           ]

mips - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  MIPS
  
     1. <unit, benchmark> Million instructions per second.
  
     The unit commonly used to give the rate at which a processor
     executes instructions.
  
     Often rendered by hackers as "Meaningless Indication of
     Processor Speed" or in other unflattering ways.  This
     expresses a nearly universal attitude about the value of most
     benchmark claims, said attitude being one of the great
     cultural divides between hackers and marketroids.
  
     The etymologically incorrect singular "1 MIP" is sometimes
     heard.
  
     See also KIPS and GIPS.
  
     2. VAX MIPS.
  
     3. <processor> Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages
     .
  
     4. <company> MIPS Technologies, Inc.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1996-03-01)
  

mips - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  MIPS
   /mips/, n.
  
     [abbreviation]
  
     1. A measure of computing speed; formally, `Million Instructions Per
     Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^20!); often rendered by
  hackers
     as `Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed' or in other
     unflattering ways, such as `Meaningless Information Provided by
     Salesmen'. This joke expresses an attitude nearly universal among
     hackers about the value of most benchmark claims, said attitude
     being one of the great cultural divides between hackers and
     marketroids (see also BogoMIPS). The singular is sometimes `1
  MIP'
     even though this is clearly etymologically wrong. See also KIPS and
     GIPS.
  
     2. Computers, especially large computers, considered abstractly as
     sources of computrons. "This is just a workstation; the heavy MIPS
     are hidden in the basement."
  
     3. The corporate name of a particular RISC-chip company, later
     acquired by SGI.
  
     4. Acronym for `Meaningless Information per Second' (a joke, prob.:
     from sense 1).
  

mips - V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006) :

  MIPS
         Million Instructions Per Second (CPU)
         

  MIPS
         Microprocessor without Interlocked Piped Stages