MIPS may refer to:
Technology
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Million instructions per second
Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed. For complex instruction set computers (CISCs), different instructions take different amounts of time, so the value measured depends on the instruction mix; even for co ...
, a measure of a computer's central processing unit performance
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MIPS architecture
MIPS (Microprocessor without Interlocked Pipelined Stages) is a family of reduced instruction set computer (RISC) instruction set architectures (ISA)Price, Charles (September 1995). ''MIPS IV Instruction Set'' (Revision 3.2), MIPS Technologies, ...
, a RISC instruction set architecture
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Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer, an instrument on the Spitzer Space Telescope
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Multi-directional Impact Protection System
Mips (Multi-directional Impact Protection System) is a head-protection system designed to enhance the safety of various helmets. Rotational motion results in shearing and/or stretching of brain tissue and increases the risk of brain injuries. Mips ...
, a helmet safety technology
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Stanford MIPS, a research project
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MIPS-X
MIPS-X is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microprocessor and instruction set architecture (ISA) developed as a follow-on project to the Stanford MIPS, MIPS project at Stanford University by the same team that developed MIPS. The project, ...
, a follow-on project to the Stanford MIPS
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Molecularly imprinted polymer A molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) is a polymer that has been processed using the molecular imprinting technique which leaves cavities in the polymer matrix with an affinity for a chosen "template" molecule. The process usually involves initiati ...
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Maximum inner-product search, a problem in computer science
Organizations
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Maharana Institute of Professional Studies, an institution in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Mansehra International Public School and College in Mansehra, Pakistan
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MIPS Technologies
MIPS Technologies, Inc., formerly MIPS Computer Systems, Inc., was an American fabless semiconductor design company that is most widely known for developing the MIPS architecture and a series of RISC CPU chips based on it. MIPS provides proc ...
, formerly MIPS Computer Systems, the developer of the MIPS architecture
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Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Science (MIPS) in Parkville, Victoria
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Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences
The Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS) was a research center hosted at the Institute for Bioinformatics (IBI) at Neuherberg, Germany with a focus on genome oriented bioinformatics, in particular on the systematic analysis of ge ...
, a genomics research center in Germany
Other
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Material input per unit of service, an economic efficiency indicator
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Menards Infiniti Pro Series, a former name of an Indy Pro Series automobile race
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Monthly income preferred stock Monthly income preferred stock or MIPS is a hybrid security created by Eli Jacobson, a Sullivan & Cromwell tax partner, and introduced to the market by Goldman Sachs in 1993. In essence, MIPS is a combination of deeply subordinated debt and preferre ...
, a financial instrument
* MIPS, a rabbit in ''
Super Mario 64''
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Minimum Ionizing Particles, a term widely used in experimental particle physics
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Merit-based Incentive Payment System, a part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015
See also
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MIP (disambiguation)
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