sourceminification

noun

UK /sɔːsˌmɪnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

US /sɔːrsˌmɪnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

The act of making computer code files smaller so they load faster.

The developer used sourceminification to shrink the website's files before publishing.

SYNONYMS

code minification file compression code shrinking minifying

RELATED WORDS

minifier bundling optimization obfuscation build process

OTHER MEANINGS

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

Sourceminification stripped out spaces and comments from the script.

3. A step in a build pipeline that reduces the size of web assets.

Their build pipeline runs sourceminification automatically on every commit.

4. The result of reducing code to its smallest functional form.

After sourceminification, the JavaScript file was a third of its original size.