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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

millions of instructions per second (MIPS)

Processing speed is sometimes shown in millions of instructions per second (MIPS), which is only a rough guide, and is normally based on the average number of machine code instructions executed.

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processor speedbaudbaud ratebits per second (bps)machine codeexecuteinstruction
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