1. Million instructions per second; a unit of computing speed that measures how many million machine instructions a processor can execute in one second.
Usage: technical; computing; acronym; usually used in plural or as a mass noun

Examples

• The new processor achieves 3,000 MIPS, making it significantly faster than its predecessor.
• Engineers measure CPU performance in MIPS to compare different processors.
• Early computers operated at only a few MIPS by modern standards.
• The system's MIPS rating indicates how quickly it can handle computational tasks.