minification

Definitions

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. 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

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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