English Dictionary
upsurge
n 1: a sudden forceful flow [syn: {rush}, {spate}, {surge}]
2: a sudden or abrupt strong increase: "stimulated a surge of
speculation"; "an upsurge of emotion"; "an upsurge in
violent crime" [syn: {surge}]
English Computing Dictionary
SURGE
Sorter, Updater, Report Generator, Etc. IBM 704, 1959.
Sammet 1969, p.8.