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'''Optimization''' is the process of minimizing or maximizing a criteria.  Optimization is frequently used in [[mathematics]] and [[computer science]].
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In computer science, optimization refers to making a process more efficient. The measure of that efficiency is determined by the individual problem, but most optimizations are designed to make a process faster, less resource-intensive, or simpler. 
This is a disambiguation page for the term '''optimization'''. There are multiple meanings:
 
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In mathematics, optimization refers to finding the minimum or maximum value of a variable that occurs on a function.
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* [[List of compiler optimizations]] in [[computer science]]
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This is a disambiguation page for the term optimization. There are multiple meanings: