FASTTRACK

Fast track

The fast track negotiating authority for trade agreements is the authority of the President of the United States to negotiate international agreements that the Congress can approve or disapprove but cannot amend or filibuster. Fast-track negotiating authority is granted to the President by Congress. It was in effect pursuant to the Trade Act of 1974 from 1975 to 1994 and was restored in 2002 by the Trade Act of 2002. It expired for new agreements at midnight on July 1, 2007, but continued to apply to agreements already under negotiation until they were eventually passed into law.

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FastTrack

FastTrack is a peer-to-peer protocol that was used by the Kazaa, Grokster, iMesh, and Morpheus file sharing programs. FastTrack was the most popular file sharing network in 2003, and used mainly for the exchange of music mp3 files. The network had approximately 2.4 million concurrent users in 2003. It is estimated that the total number of users was greater than that of Napster at its peak.

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fast track

Noun

  1. A race track with optimum conditions for high speeds
  2. A railroad for express trains.
  3. The quickest or most direct method or path.
    "Google welcomes the ISO decision to not approve the fast track of Microsoft's OOXML."
  4. A high-pressure or intensely competitive situation, particularly one characterised by rapid advancement.

Verb

  1. To progress something with unusual rapidity.
    "The head of Sydney Airport thinks frequent flyers should be fast-tracked through security checks."


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