premature optimisation

A form of premature optimization — The act of wasting resources on optimising source code that does not represent a significant bottleneck.

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Meanings

nounpremature optimisation (countable and uncountable, plural premature optimisations)

plural premature optimisations

  1. alternativecountableuncountablecomputingAlternative form of premature optimization.
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