Accelerator

Updated: 10/02/2017 by Computer Hope
Acceleration meter

Hardware device or software designed to improve the overall computer's performance. For example, a 3D graphics accelerator has its own processor GPU (graphics processing unit) and RAM (random-access memory), allowing it to perform tasks that would otherwise burden other computer components. Another good example is a download accelerator, which can be installed to help improve download speeds.

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