English Explanatory Dictionary

speedup

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An amount or rate of decrease in time taken to do a certain amount of work.
  2. The relationship between time taken and number of processors used.
  3. An employer's demand for more output without more pay.

Word forms

speedup speedups speed-up

Etymology

Deverbal from speed up.

Synonyms

stretch-out

Antonyms

slowdown go-slow work-to-rule

Derived words

Blum's speedup theorem
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