minification

English

Etymology

From mini- +‎ -ification.

Noun

minification (countable and uncountable, plural minifications)

1. The reduction in apparent size of objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase the field of view, such as a convex or aspheric mirror or a Fresnel lens.
2. (computing) The removal of white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to reduce its size and improve download time.
   • 2010, Stoyan Stefanov, JavaScript Patterns,, O'Reilly, page 36:

     Minification is the process of eliminating white space, comments, and other non-essential parts of the JavaScript code to decrease the size of the JavaScript files that need to be transferred from the server to the browser.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “reduction in apparent size”): magnification

Related terms

• minify