OPTIMIZATION

optimization, optimisation

(noun) the act of rendering optimal; “the simultaneous optimization of growth and profitability”; “in an optimization problem we seek values of the variables that lead to an optimal value of the function that is to be optimized”; “to promote the optimization and diversification of agricultural products”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

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.

Source: Wiktionary



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20 January 2025

CHELICERA

(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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