Definition of speedup
1 : acceleration
2 : an employer's demand for accelerated output without increased pay
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Examples of speedup in a Sentence
I'd like to see some speedup in the selection process.
First Known Use of speedup
1921
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playDefinition of speedup for English Language Learners
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: an increase in the speed or rate of something
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