Minification

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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. countable, uncountable

    "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."

Synonyms

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belittling

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From mini- + -ification.

Related phrases

fresnel lenssource codeweb pagewhite space

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