Definition of "underclocking" [underclocking]

• Present participle of underclock. (verb)
• The deliberate reduction of the speed of a CPU, often to reduce power consumption (noun)

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• "I would entertain the idea of underclocking my Q9300/4850 if it wasn't for the fact that I would still have just 1 PC at a desk and my wife and I would still have to share. hehe"
• "Once Jailbroken, It may be possible to manipulate the A4 clock cycles on the iPad such as underclocking to increase battery life when reading ebooks, or for overclocking to increase game performance."
• "I wished sometimes 'underclocking' would be done at toms, to see how much power one can save when he's only writing documents, or browsing the web with such a powerful machine."