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• GIPS /gips/ or /jips/ n. [analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per Second (also possibly `Gillions of Instructions per Second'
  ee gillion). In 1991, this is used of only a handful of highly parallel machines, but this is expected to change....
• KIPS /kips/ n. [abbreviation, by analogy with MIPS using K] Thousands (not 1024s) of Instructions Per Second.
  Usage: rare....
• KIPS: /kips/ [abbreviation, by analogy with {MIPS} using {K}] n.
  Thousands (*not* 1024s) of Instructions Per Second....
• MIPS: /mips/ [abbreviation] n. 1. A measure of computing speed
  formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^(20)!...
• MIPS /mips/ n. [abbreviation] 1. A measure of computing speed
  formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^(20)!...
• This computer hardware has the following rating
• computron /kom'pyoo-tron`/ n. 1. [common] A notional unit of computing power combining instruction speed and storage capacity
  dimensioned roughly in instructions-per-second times megabytes-of-main-store times megabytes-of-mass-storage....
• The speed of time is one second per second.