accelerator (redirected from accelerator pedal)

accelerator: see particle accelerator.

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accelerator

(1) See Web page acceleration, CDN, download accelerator, graphics accelerator, video accelerator, accelerator board and particle accelerator.

(2) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task.

(3) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator.

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accelerator

1. a device for increasing speed, esp a pedal for controlling the fuel intake in a motor vehicle; throttle

2. Physics a machine for increasing the kinetic energy of subatomic particles or atomic nuclei and focusing them on a target

3. Chem a substance that increases the speed of a chemical reaction, esp one that increases the rate of vulcanization of rubber, the rate of development in photography, the rate of setting of synthetic resins, or the rate of setting of concrete; catalyst

4. Economics (in an economy) the relationship between the rate of change in output or sales and the consequent change in the level of investment

5. Anatomy a muscle or nerve that increases the rate of a function

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(hardware)

accelerator - Additional hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal CPU. Examples include graphics accelerators and floating-point accelerators.