codeminification

noun

UK /ˌkəʊdˌmɪnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

US /ˌkoʊdˌmɪnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Codeminification is when a computer makes code shorter so it loads faster.

The developer used codeminification to shrink the website's files before launch.

SYNONYMS

code minification code compression source minification file shrinking

RELATED WORDS

minifier uglification bundling obfuscation optimization

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The process of removing unnecessary characters from source code without changing how it works.

Whitespace and comments are stripped during codeminification.

3. A build-step technique used to reduce the size of JavaScript, CSS, or HTML files.

Their build pipeline runs codeminification on every deploy.

4. The result of shrinking code, often a smaller file that is harder for humans to read.

After codeminification, the script was one long line.