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minification

noun

Etymology

From mini- + -ification.

Definitions

  1. The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to…

    The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.

  2. The removal of white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in…

    The removal of white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to reduce its size and improve download time.

    • Minification is the process of eliminating white space, comments, and other non-essential parts of the JavaScript code to decrease the size of the JavaScript files that need to be transferred from the server to the browser.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for minification. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA