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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>overclock</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="out-of-band.html" title="out-of-band"/><link rel="next" href="overflow-bit.html" title="overflow bit"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">overclock</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="out-of-band.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="overflow-bit.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="overclock"/><dt xmlns="" id="overclock"><b>overclock</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/oh´vr·klok´/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> To operate a CPU or other digital logic device at a rate higher than
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it was designed for, under the assumption that the manufacturer put some
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<a href="../S/slop.html"><i class="glossterm">slop</i></a> into the specification to account for
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manufacturing tolerances. Overclocking something can result in intermittent
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<a href="../C/crash.html"><i class="glossterm">crash</i></a>es, and can even burn things out, since power
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dissipation is directly proportional to <a href="../C/clock.html"><i class="glossterm">clock</i></a>
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frequency. People who make a hobby of this are sometimes called
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“<span class="quote">overclockers</span>”; they are thrilled that they can run their
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CPU a few percent faster, even though they can only tell the difference by
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running a <a href="../B/benchmark.html"><i class="glossterm">benchmark</i></a> program. See also
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