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speedup

noun
SaySPEED-up/ˈspiːdˌʌp/

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3 meanings of speedup

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    How much less time it takes to do the same amount of work.

    We noticed a real speedup once we learned the shortcut keys.

    The new oven gave the bakery a big speedup in making bread.

    Similaracceleration, improvement

    Oppositeslowdown

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    When a boss makes workers do more work for the same pay.

    The workers were angry about the speedup at the factory.

    After the speedup, each worker had to pack twice as many boxes for the same money.

    Oppositeslowdown, go-slow

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  3. 3
    nouncountable or uncountable
    In computing, how the time a job takes changes when more processors work on it.

    Using eight processors instead of one gave a speedup of almost eight times.

    The team made a chart of speedup against the number of processors.

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Origin

It comes from the verb speed up.