Date   : Wed, 11 Apr 1990 22:20:20 GMT
From   : unmvax!ariel!carina.unm.edu!cs2591aq@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (aNk1ez)
Subject: Why Bother With CP/M?

>[somebody else writes:]
>>> a MIP.
>
>>1/3 MIP.
>>1/2 MIP
>
>Aaaaaarrrgggghhh! If I may nit-pick for just a moment...
>MIPS = Million Instructions Per Second. MIP = ???


Arrgh!  MIP, MIPS.,. its all the same thing... you knew what 
we were talking about.. why gripe?  MIPS - Million INteractions
Per Second. I know that.  it sounds rather silly to say 1 MIPS,
1/2 MIPS, 1/3 MIPS.   So, we've all just depluralized
the acronym... makes PERFECT sense to me....  :-)

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