"speedup" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: speedups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from speed up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|speed up}} Deverbal from speed up Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} speedup (countable and uncountable, plural speedups)
  1. An amount or rate of decrease in time taken to do a certain amount of work. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (an amount of decrease in time taken): nopeutus (Finnish), kiihdytys (Finnish), nopeuttaminen (Finnish), kiihdyttäminen (Finnish), Beschleunigung [feminine] (German), acelerón [masculine] (Spanish), hızlanma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-speedup-en-noun-w3NgGJf9 Disambiguation of 'an amount of decrease in time taken': 95 5 0
  2. (chiefly computing) The relationship between time taken and number of processors used. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-speedup-en-noun-GhL~9tLd Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 22 75 3 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 76 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 74 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 72 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 77 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 72 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 73 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 74 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 23 72 5 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  3. (labour, politics) An employer's demand for more output without more pay. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Labour, Politics Synonyms: stretch-out
    Sense id: en-speedup-en-noun--PlA0ewU Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: speed-up Derived forms: Blum's speedup theorem

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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