accelerator card

accelerator card
accelerator board or accelerator card noun (computing)
An additional circuit board to speed up some aspect of the operation of a computer
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Main Entry:accelerate

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accelerator card UK US noun [countable] [singular accelerator card plural accelerator cards] [singular accelerator board plural acˈcelerator ˌboards] computing
a circuit board in a computer that makes the computer work faster by adding a faster central processing unit
Thesaurus: computer equipment and partshyponym

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acˈcelerator board 7 [accelerator board] (also acˈcelerator card) noun (computing)
a ↑circuit board that can be put into a small computer to increase the speed at which it processes information

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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