Efficiency vs. Optimization

Efficiencynoun

The extent to which time is well used for the intended task.

Efficiencynoun

(dated) The quality of producing an effect or effects.

Efficiencynoun

The extent to which a resource, such as electricity, is used for the intended purpose; the ratio of useful work to energy expended.

Efficiencynoun

A one-room apartment.

Efficiencynoun

the ratio of the output to the input of any system

Efficiencynoun

skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort;

Efficiency

Efficiency is the (often measurable) ability to avoid wasting materials, energy, efforts, money, and time in doing something or in producing a desired result. In a more general sense, it is the ability to do things well, successfully, and without waste.

Optimizationnoun

The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.

Optimizationnoun

(programming) The reduction of a program or algorithm to its most efficient form, as during compilation, by removing unused portions of code and improving the speed or resource usage of others.

Optimizationnoun

the act of rendering optimal;