Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What is MIPS?

  1. Measure of Computer's speed.

  2. Measure of Hard disk capacity

  3. Measure of data stream that passed over the network

  4. Measure of actual time taken for a data packet that received at the destination.

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Explanation

MIPS stands for Million Instructions Per Second and measures how many millions of instructions a CPU can execute in one second. It is a metric for processor performance and computer speed. The other options are incorrect because hard disk capacity is measured in bytes/GB, network data throughput in bits/bytes per second, and packet travel time is latency measured in milliseconds.