optimization

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Synonyms: optimisation, optimizations, optimalization, optimation

Antonyms: optimisation, optimizations, optimalization, optimation

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Noun

1. The [[design]] and [[operation]] of a [[system]] or [[process]] to make it as [[good]] as [[possible]] in some [[defined]] [[sense]].
2. {{lb|en|programming}} The [[reduction]] of a program or algorithm to its most [[efficient]] form, as during [[compilation]], by removing unused portions of code and improving the speed or resource usage of others.

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