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    n. A person with no special ({root} or {wheel}) privileges on a computer system. "I can't create an account on *foovax* for you;... VIEW ENTIRE DEFINITION


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    GIPS

    /gips/ or /jips/ [analogy with MIPS] n. Giga-Instructions per Second (also possibly `Gillions of Instructions per Second'; see gillion). In 1991, this is used of only a handful of highly parallel machines, but this is expected to change. Compare KIPS.