English Online Dictionary. What means optimization? What does optimization mean?
English
Alternative forms
- optimisation
Etymology
From optimize + -ation.
Noun
optimization (countable and uncountable, plural optimizations)
- The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
- (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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See also
- linear programming
Further reading
- mathematical optimization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia