Hardware acceleration

Rarity: Uncommon

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Science and technology

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What Wikipedia says

Hardware acceleration is the use of computer hardware, known as a hardware accelerator, to perform specific functions faster than can be done by software running on a general-purpose central processing unit (CPU).

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