What is "faster"

Fast \Fast\, a. [Compar. Faster; superl. Fastest.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of keeping close to what is pursued; a Scandinavian use. Cf. Fast, adv., Fast, v., Avast.]

1. Firmly fixed; closely adhering; made firm; not loose, unstable, or easily moved; immovable; as, to make fast the door.

   There is an order that keeps things fast.
   --Burke.

2. Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

   Outlaws . . . lurking in woods and fast places.
   --Spenser.

3. Firm in adherence; steadfast; not easily separated or alienated; faithful; as, a fast friend.

4. Permanent; not liable to fade by exposure to air or by washing; durable; lasting; as, fast colors.

5. Tenacious; retentive. [Obs.]

   Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells.
   --Bacon.

6. Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.

   All this while in a most fast sleep.
   --Shak.

7. Moving rapidly; quick in mition; rapid; swift; as, a fast horse.

8. Given to pleasure seeking; disregardful of restraint; reckless; wild; dissipated; dissolute; as, a fast man; a fast liver.
   --Thackeray.

9. In such a condition, as to resilience, etc., as to make possible unusual rapidity of play or action; as, a fast racket, or tennis court; a fast track; a fast billiard table, etc.

   Fast and loose, now cohering, now disjoined; inconstant, esp. in the phrases to play at fast and loose, to play fast and loose, to act with giddy or reckless inconstancy or in a tricky manner; to say one thing and do another. ``Play fast and loose with faith.''
   --Shak.

   Fast and loose pulleys (Mach.), two pulleys placed side by side on a revolving shaft, which is driven from another shaft by a band, and arranged to disengage and re["e]ngage the machinery driven thereby. When the machinery is to be stopped, the band is transferred from the pulley fixed to the shaft to the pulley which revolves freely upon it, and vice versa.

   Hard and fast (Naut.), so completely aground as to be immovable.

   To make fast (Naut.), to make secure; to fasten firmly, as a vessel, a rope, or a door.

Faster \Fast"er\, n. One who abstains from food.

"one who fasts," c.1300, agent noun from fast (v.).

a. (en-comparative of: fast) adv. (en-comparative of fast POS=adverb) n. agent noun of fast (voluntarily refrain from eating); one who fasts.

adv. more quickly [syn: quicker]

"Faster" is a song by Welsh alternative rock band Manic Street Preachers. It was released in 1994 by record label Epic as the first single from the band's third studio album, The Holy Bible.

The single reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart. "Faster" is the only song featured on The Holy Bible that was included on their 2002 compilation album Forever Delayed.

Faster is a 2003 documentary film about the motorcycle road racing world championship, MotoGP. Filmed between 2001 and 2002 by director Mark Neale, it features cinematography by music video director Grant Gee and is narrated by Ewan McGregor. It was succeeded by a 2-disc "Ultimate Collector's Edition" re-release in 2004 which included "Faster '03-'04 The Sequel". In 2006, The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid (or DTK) was released, followed by "Fastest" in 2011 and "Hitting the Apex" in 2015.

Faster or FASTER may refer to:

• Someone who often fasts
• "Faster" (George Harrison song)
• "Faster" (Matt Nathanson song)
• "Faster" (Within Temptation song)
• "Faster"/"P.C.P.", a double A-side single by Manic Street Preachers
• Faster (2003 film), a 2003 documentary film about MotoGP
• Faster (2010 film), a 2010 feature film
• Isuzu Faster, a model of pick-up truck
• FASTER (NZX), New Zealand-based financial settlement system
• FASTER (software), a transactional processing system for IBM mainframes
• FASTER (submarine communications), a communications cable
• FASTER (ESA payload), Facility for Adsorption and Surface Tension

"Faster" is the third single from George Harrison's 1979 eponymous album George Harrison. Faster begins the second side of the LP, and is the sixth track on the CD. It was released as the third single of the album but was not issued as a 45 in the USA.

Faster is a 2010 American action film directed by George Tillman, Jr., and starring Dwayne Johnson and Billy Bob Thornton. The film was released in the United States on November 24, 2010.

"Faster" is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal/ rock band Within Temptation's album The Unforgiving. It had its worldwide radio première on 96.3 Rock Radio on 21 January 2011.

The song's accompanying music video was released on January 31, 2011, alongside the Mother Maiden short film, and reached 35 thousand views on YouTube in its first day.

The single remained in the Dutch Top 100 for thirteen weeks, peaking at number eleven.

"Faster" is a song by Matt Nathanson recorded for his album Modern Love. The song reached number seventy-four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number thirty-one on the Pop Songs chart also published by Billboard.(see charts)

FASTER is a trans-Pacific submarine communications cable that went live during the last week of June 2016. The cable will have a capacity of 60 Tb/s. The total length of the cable system is approximately 11,629 km (currently at 9,000 km for U.S.-Japan leg).

The companies involved in the project include:

• Google
• KDDI
• SingTel
• China Telecom Global
• China Mobile International
• Global Transit Communications

FASTER has landings in:

• Bandon, Oregon, USA
• Chikura, Chiba, Japan
• Shima, Mie, Japan
• Tamsui, New Taipei City, Taiwan

FASTER settlement is a New Zealand-based financial settlement system operated by the New Zealand Exchange (NZX). It is based on the principles of delivery versus payment with simultaneous irrevocable transfer of securities and cash. FASTER is not a full central securities depository (CSD), because it does not record the holdings of all the shareholders. Only holdings belonging to participants are recorded in FASTER, holdings related to individual shareholders who are not participants are delegated to a number of registries.

The alternative settlement system in New Zealand is Austraclear system operated by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.

FASTER (First Automated Teleprocessing Environment Reponder) was a transaction processor that ran on IBM mainframe systems under OS/MFT.

FASTER was available from IBM and designed for rapid, low to medium volume online processing. This process was entirely interactive (screen-oriented using 2260 display terminals).

The 'official' version of FASTER was single thread only and was a forerunner of MTCS before it was released.