speedbooster

plural speedboosters

1. artsA secondary lens mounted between the camera and a photographic lens so as to reduce the central part of an image obtained by the objective lens while concentrating the light rays on a smaller area.
2. rareSomething that boosts speed.

   In T1 Renegades, speedboosters are stored as beacons.

   2001 May 8, Bill McCarthy, “TAN: Talkin bout Tribes! (was Re: TAN: Survivor (spoilers))”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet)

   3 more examples

   Especially useful for D&D missions, speedboosters (beacons) will boost you in the direction you are already traveling, even DOWN, best used in the air while initially jetting toward nme base, limited to 3, use wisely.

   2000 March 6, JnWPalomo, “I need Renegades FastFavs!!”, in alt.games.starsiege.tribes (Usenet)

   Man, I wish I could do that... Then again, a few speedboosters help :-)

   2001 January 24, Frank van Schie, “Spoonbot tree question”, in alt.games.starsiege.tribes (Usenet)

   Is this the same as "MIMO" that I see mentioned in some ads? Some also talk about a speedbooster or coverage-booster, seemingly separate from MIMO.

   2005 July 6, mat...@gmail.com, “Re: Wireless networks”, in alt.fan.cecil-adams (Usenet)