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: an employer's demand for accelerated output without increased pay
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I'd like to see some speedup in the selection process.
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Even though each operation is slow, more operations are done in parallel and fewer operations are needed for error correction, allowing for the speedup.
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2025
This speedup is possible in part because of entanglement, which links the 0 and 1 states of different qubits, creating a network of contingent possibilities.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Nov. 2025
Get those slo-mo or speedup effects that make for a thrilling watch!
—PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2025
Early experiments already hint at orders-of-magnitude speedups: One pilot quantum framework improved medical data processing speeds by about 45% and accuracy of complex pattern detection by 30% versus traditional methods.
—Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2025
This speedup is possible in part because of entanglement, which links the 0 and 1 states of different qubits, creating a network of contingent possibilities.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 25 Nov. 2025
Get those slo-mo or speedup effects that make for a thrilling watch!
—PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2025
Early experiments already hint at orders-of-magnitude speedups: One pilot quantum framework improved medical data processing speeds by about 45% and accuracy of complex pattern detection by 30% versus traditional methods.
—Somnath Banerjee, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for speedup
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“Speedup.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speedup. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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