overclock

/ohvrklok/ , vt. To operate a CPU or other digital logic device at a rate
higher than it was designed for, under the assumption that the manufacturer
put some slop into the specification to account for manufacturing
tolerances. Overclocking something can result in intermittent crash es, and
can even burn things out, since power dissipation is directly proportional
to clock frequency. People who make a hobby of this are sometimes called
overclockers ; they are thrilled that they can run their CPU a few percent
faster, even though they can only tell the difference by running a benchmark
program. See also case mod.

