Accelerator (computing)
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In computing, the term accelerator has multiple meanings:
- Hardware accelerator, an additional unit of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal CPU.
- Another term for Keyboard shortcuts
- Microsoft Research Accelerator Project, an extension to the .NET framework to increase program performance using concepts from GPGPU and stream processing.
- Accelerators in Internet Explorer 8.
- Web accelerator, a program that reduces web site access times.