Accelerator
Accelerator may refer to:
In science and technology
In computing
- Download accelerator, or download manager, software dedicated to downloading
- Hardware acceleration, the use of dedicated hardware to perform functions faster than a CPU
- Web accelerator, a proxy server that speeds web site access
- Accelerator (Internet Explorer), a form of selection-based search
- Accelerator table, specifies keyboard shortcuts for commands
- Apple II accelerators, hardware devices design to speed up an Apple II computer
- PHP accelerator, speeds up software applications written in the PHP programming language
- SAP BI Accelerator, speeds up online analytical processing queries
- SSL accelerator, offloads public key encryption algorithms to a hardware accelerator
- TCP accelerator, or TCP Offload Engine, offloads processing of the TCP/IP stack to the network controller
- Accelerator (Software), collection of development solutions for LANSA and .NET
- Keyboard shortcut, a set of key presses that invoke a software or operating system operation
In physics and chemistry
Firearms
Other technologies
In entertainment
- The Accelerators, US rock band
- Accelerator (Bjørn Lynne album), a 2001 progressive-rock album
- Accelerator (Royal Trux album), their seventh studio album, released in 1998
- Accelerator (The Future Sound of London album), their debut album
- "Accelerator" (single), a 1993 single by Gumball (band)
- "Accelerator", a song by band The O.A.O.T.'s, on their album Typical
- "Accelerator", a song by the band Primal Scream from their album XTRMNTR
- XLR8R (pronounced "accelerator"), a magazine and website that covers music, culture, style, and technology
- Accelerator (To Aru Majutsu No Index), one of the main characters in the anime series Toaru Majutsu no Index
- Accelerator (Universal Studios Singapore), a whirling twirling ride that spins guests around
- PC Accelerator, a personal computer game magazine
Other uses