Accumulator may refer to:
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Accumulator (bet)
A parlay, accumulator (or acca), combo bet, or multi is a single bet that links together two or more individual wagers, usually seen in sports betting. Winning the parlay is dependent on all of those wagers winning together. If any of the be ...
, a parlay bet
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Accumulator (computing)
In a computer's central processing unit (CPU), the accumulator is a register in which intermediate arithmetic logic unit results are stored.
Without a register like an accumulator, it would be necessary to write the result of each calculation ...
, in a CPU, a processor register for storing intermediate results
* Accumulator (computer vision), discrete cell structure to count votes, standard component of the
Hough transform
The Hough transform () is a feature extraction technique used in image analysis, computer vision, pattern recognition, and digital image processing. The purpose of the technique is to find imperfect instances of objects within a certain class of ...
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Accumulator (cryptography)
In cryptography, an accumulator is a one way membership hash function. It allows users to certify that potential candidates are a member of a certain set without revealing the individual members of the set. This concept was formally introduced by ...
, a value, determined by a set of values, that allows one to verify if any one of the original values is a member of the set
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Accumulator (energy)
An accumulator is an energy storage device: a device which accepts energy, stores energy, and releases energy as needed. Some accumulators accept energy at a low rate (low power) over a long time interval and deliver the energy at a high rate (high ...
, an apparatus for storing energy or power
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Capacitor
In electrical engineering, a capacitor is a device that stores electrical energy by accumulating electric charges on two closely spaced surfaces that are insulated from each other. The capacitor was originally known as the condenser, a term st ...
, in electrical engineering, also known by the obsolete term ''accumulator''
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Electrochemical cell
An electrochemical cell is a device that either generates electrical energy from chemical reactions in a so called galvanic cell, galvanic or voltaic cell, or induces chemical reactions (electrolysis) by applying external electrical energy in an ...
, a cell that stores electrical energy, typically used in rechargeable batteries
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Hydraulic accumulator
A hydraulic accumulator is a pressure storage reservoir in which an Incompressible flow, incompressible hydraulic fluid is held under pressure that is applied by an external Prime mover (engine), source of mechanical energy. The external source can ...
, an energy storage device using hydraulic fluid under pressure
** Thermal accumulator, a device or system that provides
thermal energy storage
Thermal energy storage (TES) is the storage of thermal energy for later reuse. Employing widely different technologies, it allows surplus thermal energy to be stored for hours, days, or months. Scale both of storage and use vary from small t ...
as from concentrated solar power and storage heaters or heat banks in buildings
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Accumulator (structured product), a financial contract used by clients (usually individuals) to accumulate stock positions over time
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Accumulator 1
''Accumulator 1'' () is a 1994 film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film won the Grand Prize at the 7th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1996. It won the audience award at the Tromsø International Film Festival in 1996.
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'', a Czech film
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Dynamic accumulator Dynamic accumulator is a term used in the permaculture and organic farming literature to indicate plants that gather certain minerals or nutrients from the soil and store them in a more bioavailable form and in high concentration in their tissues ...
, a plant that mines nutrients from the soil through its roots
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