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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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How the innovative "mechanical" upgrading process can crack heavy oil in significantly lower temperature, pressure and energy (cost) environments than conventional field upgraders or primary cracking technologies/processes currently in use
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Designed to significantly reduce capital and operating costs compared to conventional upgraders, the Heartland Upgrader will produce a range of light to medium, semi-sour crude oil blends suitable for the majority of existing refineries in North America.
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