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optimize +‎ -ation

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optimization (countable and uncountable, plural optimizations)

  1. The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.
  2. (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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