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speed someone or something up

to cause someone or something to move faster. We tried to speed him up, but he is just a very slow person. We sped up the process, but it still took too long.

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speed up

to go faster. Please speed up. We are late.

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speed up

Accelerate, expedite, increase the rate, as in The car speeded up as it went downhill, or It's difficult to speed up production without new equipment. [Late 1800s]

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speed up

1. To increase the speed or rate of something; accelerate something: The company sped up production in order to meet the demand for their product. The conveyor belt is moving too slowly—can you speed it up?

2. To move, work, or happen at a faster rate; accelerate: As he hiked uphill, his pulse sped up.

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But, speed ups by a factor of 3 to 4x I/O performance (and sometimes 10x or more) are not uncommon.

DataCore Announces UpTempo: Performance Acceleration Software for Microsoft Exchange, SQL Databases, Virtual Servers, Citrix, OLTP, VDI and Other Disk I/O Intensive Applications

CATWOMAN: Kerry HAPPY: Kerry and Mark are close again HANG ON: Kerry grips handlebars and builds up speed UPS AND DOWNS: Kerry enjoys the see-saw

Mum ...it's MY turn for a ride! (AND GET RID OF THE CIG, TOO)

Problems where addressing has to pass through filters before fetches can be made, such as sparse matrix solvers, also show very large speed ups.

Microway to Highlight Dual Core Intel EM64T Xeon-based Cluster at SC2005

We are seeing dramatic speed ups in unsteady simulations - anywhere from 2 to 10 times.

FLUENT 6.2 Raises the Industry Standard for CFD

The complete acquistion of Gallus Holding AG speed ups the development and usage of digital products from Heidelberg in the growing labels sector.

United Kingdom : ACQUISITION of Gallus Holding AG concluded by Heidelberg

The purchase of Alico Pakistan speed ups IGI's growth strategy and marks IGI's entry into life-insurance and employee benefits business.