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booster
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booster
1. Radio Television
a. a radio-frequency amplifier connected between an aerial and a receiver to amplify weak incoming signals
b. a radio-frequency amplifier that amplifies incoming signals, retransmitting them at higher power
2. another name for supercharger
3. short for booster dose

Booster - A data-parallel language.

"The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989.


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The company is looking at using a C-17 transport to carry aloft a space booster rocket, which would be rolled out the plane's back end during launches.
This first test was the successful drop of an inert version of a QuickReach Booster rocket filled with water to increase its weight to 50,000 pounds--about two-thirds the weight of an actual booster.
displayed for the first time the domed first section of a prototype booster rocket case for the European Ariane rocket program.
 
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