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 compa ...
, 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 initiatin ...
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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 proce ...
, 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 preferr ...
, a financial instrument
* MIPS, a rabbit in ''
Super Mario 64
is a platform game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was released in Japan and North America in 1996 and PAL regions in 1997. It is the first ''Super Mario'' game to feature 3D gameplay, combining traditional ''Su ...
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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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