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Meaning of minification | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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.
  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.

Equivalents

Français minification
日本語 矮小化 縮小

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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