KIPS /kips/ n.
[abbreviation, by analogy with MIPS
using K] Thousands (not 1024s) of Instructions Per
Second. Usage: rare.
[abbreviation, by analogy with MIPS
using K] Thousands (not 1024s) of Instructions Per
Second. Usage: rare.
Related:
- KIPS: /kips/ [abbreviation, by analogy with {MIPS} using {K}] n.
Thousands (*not* 1024s) of Instructions Per Second... - GIPS /gips/ or /jips/ n.
[analogy with MIPS]
Giga-Instructions per Second (also possibly `Gillions of
Instructions per Second';
see gillion). In 1991, this is used of only a handful... - GIPS: /gips/ or /jips/ [analogy with {MIPS}] n.
Giga-Instructions per Second (also possibly `Gillions of
Instructions per Second';
see {gillion}). In 1991, this is used of only a... - MIPS: /mips/ [abbreviation] n. 1. A measure of computing speed;
formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's... - MIPS /mips/ n.
[abbreviation] 1. A measure of
computing speed;
formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's... - dynner /din'r/ n.
32 bits, by analogy with nybble and
byte.
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also playte,... - baud: /bawd/ [simplified from its technical meaning] n.
Bits per second. Hence kilobaud or Kbaud, thousands... - playte /playt/
16 bits, by analogy with nybble and
byte.
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also dynner ... - dynner: /din'r/ 32 bits, by analogy with {nybble} and
{{byte}}.
Usage: rare and extremely silly. See also {playte}...
From the same category:
- webify n.
To put a piece of (possibly already
existing) material on the WWW.
Frequently used for papers ("Why don't you webify... - gnarly /nar'lee/ adj.
Both obscure and hairy
(sense 1).
"Yow! -- the tuned assembler implementation of BitBlt... - backronym n.
[portmanteau of back + acronym] A word
interpreted as an acronym that was not originally so intended.
This is a special case of what linguists call `back... - for free adj.
[common] Said of a capability of a
programming language or hardware that is available by its design
without needing cleverness to implement:
"In APL, we get the matrix... - grind vt.
1. [MIT and Berkeley; now rare] To prettify
hardcopy of code,
especially LISP code, by reindenting lines, printing...
