kips

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
KIPS
 /kips/, n.

   [abbreviation, by analogy with {MIPS} using {K}] Thousands (not 1024s)
   of Instructions Per Second. Usage: rare.
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
KIPS

   /kips/ [by analogy with {MIPS}] Thousands (*not* 1024s) of
   instructions per second.  Usage: rare.

   [{Jargon File}]
from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)
KIPS
       Kilo Instructions Per Second
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