Accelerator (computing)
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In computing, accelerator can refer to:
- Hardware acceleration, 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
- Accelerators in Internet Explorer 8
- Web accelerator, a program that reduces web site access times