Boost
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Boost or boosting may refer to:
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[edit] Science, technology and mathematics
- Engines:
- Turbo boost, positive manifold pressure in engines
- a loose term for turbo or supercharger
- A slang term meaning to start a vehicle, see jump start (vehicle)
- Lorentz boost, a type of Lorentz transformation
- Boost converter, an electrical circuit variation of a DC to DC converter, which increases (boosts) the voltage.
[edit] Computer science
- Boost (C++ libraries), a set of free peer-reviewed portable C++ libraries
- Boosting (machine learning), a supervised learning algorithm
[edit] Food and drink
- Boost (health food), a chocolate flavored drink produced by GlaxoSmithKline
- Boost (chocolate), a chocolate bar produced by Cadbury
- Boost (drink), an energy drink from the UK
- Boost (retail outlet), a fresh juice outlet.
- Boost (beverage), a nutritional energy beverage now owned by Nestlé
[edit] Sport
- Boosting (doping), a form of doping used by athletes with a spinal cord injury
[edit] Other uses
- Boosted fission weapon
- To boost, a slang term referring to theft
- To boost, to strengthen, elevate, or promote something; see booster (disambiguation)
- Boost (comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Boost Mobile, a division of Sprint Nextel
- To boost is to help your partner climbing something high by putting his/her feet on your shoulders
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