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accelerator
n.
gas pedal of a motor vehicle; (Computers) expansion card or other hardware item that accelerates specific computer operations (such as the processing of graphics, floating-point calculations, etc.)
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Accelerator
Accelerator may refer to:
In science and technology
In computing
- Download accelerator, or download manager, software dedicated to downloading
- Hardware acceleration, the use of dedicated hardware to perform functions faster than a CPU
- Graphics processing unit or graphics accelerator, a dedicated graphics rendering device
- Accelerator (library), a library that allows programs to be written for the graphics processing unit
- Cryptographic accelerator, performs decrypting/encrypting
- Graphics processing unit or graphics accelerator, a dedicated graphics rendering device
- Web accelerator, a proxy server that speeds web site access
- Accelerator (Internet Explorer), a form of selection-based search
- Accelerator table, specifies keyboard shortcuts for commands
- Apple II accelerators, hardware devices design to speed up an Apple II computer
- PHP accelerator, speeds up software applications written in the PHP programming language
- SAP BI Accelerator, speeds up online analytical processing queries
- SSL accelerator, offloads public key encryption algorithms to a hardware accelerator
- TCP accelerator, or TCP Offload Engine, offloads processing of the TCP/IP stack to the network controller
- Accelerator (Software), collection of development solutions for LANSA and .NET
- Keyboard shortcut, a set of key presses that invoke a software or operating system operation
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accelerator
Noun
1. a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas"
(synonym) accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun
(hypernym) pedal, treadle, foot pedal, foot lever
(part-holonym) car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar
(derivation) accelerate, speed, speed up
2. a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
(synonym) throttle, throttle valve
(hypernym) valve
(part-holonym) fuel system
(derivation) accelerate, speed, speed up
3. (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
(synonym) catalyst
(hypernym) activator
(hyponym) biocatalyst
(classification) chemistry, chemical science
4. a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles
(synonym) particle accelerator, atom smasher
(hypernym) scientific instrument
(hyponym) betatron, induction accelerator
(part-meronym) storage ring
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accelerator
n.
pedál plynu
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accelerator
Rzecz.
pedał gazu
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