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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Booster \Boost"er\, n. (Elec.) An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to ``boost'', or raise, the pressure in the circuit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: booster n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library" [syn: {supporter}, {protagonist}, {champion}, {admirer}, {friend}] 2: someone who is an active supporter and advocate [syn: {promoter}, {plugger}] 3: a thief who steals goods that are on display in a store [syn: {shoplifter}] 4: the first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: {booster rocket}, {booster unit}, {multistage rocket}, {takeoff booster}, {takeoff rocket}] 5: an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective [syn: {booster dose}, {booster shot}, {recall dose}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: 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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