upgrade

IPA: ʌpgrˈeɪd

(transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components
(transitive) To replace with something better.
(transitive) To improve the equipment or furnishings of or services rendered to
(intransitive) To improve in condition or status.
(intransitive, computing) To replace a program with a later version of itself, a version having a higher version number or marketed under a more recent product name.

Examples of "upgrade" in Sentences

Current cost for this upgrade is an additional $1200.00.
The biggest change in this upgrade is the demise of anonymous posting.
A concept orthogonal to fault domains is what we call upgrade domains.
Do we know yet what it will take to upgrade from the RC to the full release?
Oh, and whenever a security or other upgrade is available it is downloaded and installed automatically, no time limits.
But instead of stewing about the boys' club mentality that may or may not have facilitated his title upgrade, why not ask for the same thing for yourself?
Honestly if the upgrade is any more than $100 for those of us that bought Vista, I think Microsoft will have made a massive PR mistake on par with the Xbox 360 red rings of death.
Kingston has been offering Solid-State Drives (SSDs) to consumers since they launched the SSDNow V Series SSDs with what they called upgrade bundles during Computex Taipei in June of 2009.
The term upgrade might cause some confusion as it refers to the possibility for XP users to purchase Windows 7 at reduced prices rather than allowing them to upgrade their operating system to Windows 7 which is apparently not possible.