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MIPS

Noun:

1. MIPS stands for "Million Instructions Per Second." It is a measurement of computer performance that quantifies the number of instructions a computer system can execute in one second.

Example Sentence: The latest desktop processor boasts an impressive clock speed and delivers a whopping 5 billion MIPS.

Acronym:

1. MIPS stands for "Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipeline Stages." It refers to a Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) architecture developed by Stanford University.

Example Sentence: The MIPS architecture provides a streamlined and efficient approach to executing instructions, resulting in improved performance for embedded systems.

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• MIPS Architecture
• Performance Measurement in Computers