speedup

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from speed up. === Noun === speedup (countable and uncountable, plural speedups) An amount or rate of decrease in time taken to do a certain amount of work. Antonym: slowdown Coordinate term: bottleneck (chiefly computing) The relationship between time taken and number of processors used. (labour, politics) An employer's demand for more output without more pay. Synonym: stretch-out Antonyms: go-slow, slowdown, work-to-rule ==== Alternative forms ==== speed-up ==== Derived terms ==== Blum's speedup theorem ==== Translations ====