MIPS
What does MIPS stand for?
Millions of Instructions Per Second
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"Older computer systems would often measure processing performance in MIPS."
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Last Updated: October 23, 2013
Last Updated: October 23, 2013
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Used to measure raw computing speed, but does not take into account several factors (such as how complex the instructions are, what the computer's I/O speed is, etc.) Therefore, Megahertz and Gigahertz are more commonly used.