What is "speed dating"?

What is "speed dating"?

Speed dating is an organized system of dating whereby a person sits at a table with numerous individual people at different times, let's say 5 minute intervals. In that period of time each person can write down whether or not they like all of the suitors they received or visited. The whole room is filled with many people sitting at tables, with many suitors visiting the different tables and meeting the different people. So by the end of the evening of speed dating, everyone's met everyone else, and each person will know who they have some connection with. Afterwards, each person finds that person or people they were attracted to, and there is an exchange of phone numbers. Speed dating is another quick ("speed") and easy way of dating.