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From: jtb@kitc.UUCP (John Burgess)
Newsgroups: net.arch
Subject: Re: RISC and MIPS (mild flame)
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 09:39:46 EDT
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Summary: MIP is not a correct acronym

I hate to be picky folks, but MIP is not an acronym of anything.
The correct acronym is MIPS -- Million Instructions Per Second.
What is a "Million Instructions Per" ???

Note that MIPS is both singular and plural.
(Actually its always plural, but saying 1 MIPS makes it look
singluar.)

Another way to tell that the S is necessary.
If it weren't, you'd say 1 MIP, but 2 MIPs (lower-case s)
to make it plural.

OK, enough already.  Just mind your Ps and Qs and Ss!
-- 
John Burgess
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