speedups

Noun

speedup (countable and uncountable, plural speedups)

1. An amount or rate of decrease in time taken to do a certain amount of work.
   • The results of this generalized speedup of the corporate metabolism are multiple: shorter product life cycles, more leasing and renting, more frequent buying and selling, more ephemeral consumption patterns, […]1980, Alvin Toffler, The Third Wave, page 230

   Antonyms:

   slowdown

2. The relationship between time taken and number of processors used.
3. (labour) An employer's demand for more output without more pay.
   • There were, of course, those observers who argued that since in some industries 50 or 60 per cent of those employed were scientific, technical, and administrative staff, the employer would soon include them in his speedup plans.1975 March 20, New Scientist, volume 65, number 941, page 711

   Synonyms:

   stretch-out

   Antonyms:

   go-slow, slowdown, work-to-rule