superoptimization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of peephole optimization that typically uses an exhaustive brute-force search across all possible sequences of machine instructions.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

superoptimization

Etymology

Coined by American computer scientist and programmer Alexia Massalin in 1987, from super- + optimization.

Related words

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