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Water MIPS N. (see MIPS, Sense 2) Large, Water-cooled Machines Of Either Today's ECL-supercomputer Flavor Or Yesterday's Traditional Mainframe Type.
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water MIPS n.
(see MIPS, sense 2) Large, water-cooled
machines of either today's ECL-supercomputer flavor or yesterday's
traditional mainframe type.
Related:
usty iron n. Syn. tired iron. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of water MIPS.
usty iron: n. Syn. {tired iron}. It has been claimed that this is the inevitable fate of {water MIPS}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
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)!...
dinosaur: n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines....
dinosaur n. 1. Any hardware requiring raised flooring and special power.
Used especially of old minis and mainframes, in contrast with newer microprocessor-based machines....
My other machine is water-cooled.
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....
GIPS: /gips/ or /jips/ [analogy with {MIPS}] n. 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....