3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accelerator \Ac*cel"er*a`tor\, n.
One who or that which accelerates. Also as an adj.; as
accelerator nerves.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
accelerator
n 1: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the
gas" [syn: {accelerator pedal}, {gas pedal}, {gas}, {throttle},
{gun}]
2: a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine
[syn: {throttle}, {throttle valve}]
3: (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a
chemical reaction without itself being affected [syn: {catalyst}]
[ant: {anticatalyst}]
4: increases the kinetic energy of charged particles [syn: {particle
accelerator}, {atom smasher}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
accelerator
Additional hardware to perform some function faster
than is possible in software running on the normal {CPU}.
Examples include {graphics accelerator}s and {floating-point
accelerator}s.
(1994-11-08)
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