speedup

noun

speed·​up ˈspēd-ˌəp 

1

: acceleration

2

: an employer's demand for accelerated output without increased pay

Examples of speedup in a Sentence

I'd like to see some speedup in the selection process.

Recent Examples on the Web

The demonstration does not establish that the quantum processor delivered a speedup over conventional computing. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

By summer, a newer Claude pushed the same speedup from seven times faster to 73 without introducing errors. — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026

That’s about a 240X speedup on a real-world task, which sounds suspiciously like quantum advantage to me. — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

For certain kinds of problems with the right mathematical structure, this promises an exponential speedup over anything a classical machine could achieve. — Quanta Magazine, 29 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for speedup

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup