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lips, n. Computing.|lɪps| Also LIPs, Lips. [Acronym, f. the initial letters of logical inferences per second.] A unit of computing power used to measure the rate at which a machine can execute logical inferences.
1982Computerworld 14 June p. 1d/13, 1 Lips is equivalent to 100 to 1,000 instructions per second. Present-generation computers are capable of 104 to 105 Lips. 1984Listener 1 Nov. 38/4 The machine of the future, ICOT says, will be capable of one billion of those Logical Inferences Per Second (LIPS). 1988New Scientist 26 Nov. 45/1 PIM is expected to operate at between 100 million logical inferences per second (lips). |