overclock

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Definitions of overclock word

verb with object overclock Computers. to modify (a hardware component, as a processor, graphics card, or memory) so as to increase the speed of that component beyond the specifications of the manufacturer: You can overclock your video card to improve its performance. 1
noun overclock To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. 1

before 1985

One of the 1% newest English words

1985-90; over- + clock1 (in the sense “a circuit that governs the speed of other circuits”)

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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