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upgrade
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upgrade

To replace existing software or hardware with a newer version. See upgradable, update, critical update, bugrade and About this product.


upgrade
1. US and Canadian an upward slope
2. US and Canadian going or sloping upwards

upgrade [¦əp¦grād]
(mining engineering)
To increase the commercial value of a coal or mineral product by appropriate treatment.
To increase the quality rating of diamonds beyond or above the rating implied by their particular classification.

1.upgrade - A new or better version of some hardware or software.

Often used in marketroid-speak to mean "bug fix".
2.upgrade - The act of developing or installing a new version.


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DAL had been promoting the funds with an elaborate 9 x 12-inch envelope package that included a quarterly issue of The Upgrader and a number of other pieces about the company.
Upon completion in late 2008, the vessels will be erected in a proposed new upgrader near Fort McMurray, Alberta, which will process oil sands into synthetic crude oil.
Managing Partner of the Northern Lights Partnership, today announced the signing of a Licensing Agreement with GE Energy to use GE's gasification technology in the Northern Lights Upgrader Project proposed for Sturgeon County, Alberta.
 
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