MIPS vs unit of measurement

MIPS and unit of measurement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
MIPS	Yes	No	No	No
unit of measurement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, unit of measurement is a hypernym of MIPS; that is, unit of measurement is a word with a broader meaning than MIPS:

MIPS: (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system)
unit of measurement: any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange

Other hypernyms of MIPS include unit.

MIPS (noun)	unit of measurement (noun)
(computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of a computer's CPU (but not the whole system)	any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange