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optimizing out

optimizing out is the present participle and gerund of optimize out.

Meaning of optimize out

Verb

optimize out (third-person singular simple present optimizes out, present participle optimizing out, simple past and past participle optimized out)

  1. (transitive) To omit (some portion of program logic) through optimization, when it is found to be unused or unnecessary.
    • The loop that counts from 1 to 1,000,000 is optimized out by the compiler, because nothing happens inside the loop and the value is not used afterwards.

Questions about optimizing out

What is optimizing out the present participle and gerund of?
Optimizing out is the present participle and gerund of optimize out.

Words near optimizing out in the dictionary

  1. optimizer
  2. optimizers
  3. optimizes
  4. optimizes out
  5. optimizing
  6. optimizing out
  7. optimum
  8. optimums
  9. Optimus
  10. optineurin
  11. opting

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