optimize

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One way to optimize is to avoid allocating a new buffer for each packed structure.

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  1. transitive verb To make as perfect or effective as possible.
  2. transitive verb Computer Science To increase the computing speed and efficiency of (a program), as by rewriting instructions.
  3. transitive verb To make the most of.

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  • The true and fundamental appeal of the paleo approach is that we are attempting to operate pre-neolithic, i.e., in a manner our bodies and minds evolved to optimize, which is the role of natural selection. —  Free the Animal
  • And social bookmarks but this too did not help, friend advised me to re-optimize it, —  Webmaster-Talk.com
  • Where the other dedupe schemes look at files as sets of bits, Ocarina's Online Storage Optimization Solution takes another approach, recognizing common file types and uses different techniques to space-optimize each. —  InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
  • They will gladly help me "optimize" for $75 dollars an hour to stave off the need for some hundred dollar a month server. —  Wonderland or Not
  • You need to optimize the tags, footer, on-page copy for that magic combination of product / service + location, and you need to register your business with the various local business centers and IYPs. —  Search Engine Roundtable
 

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/ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
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