Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peephole optimization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: peep-hole op-ti-miza-tion
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An optimization that works by eliminating redundant instructions from a small area of source code.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The loop was more than twice as fast after I had applied peephole optimization."
"The method of peephole optimization was described by McKeeman (1965). A simple code generator is replaced by one where short instruction sequences are replaced by ones which are shorter or faster."

Etymology

Coined by computer scientist William Marshall McKeeman in 1965, from peephole + optimization.

Usage

Inflected Forms

peephole optimizations (plural)

Questions

What does peephole optimization mean?: An optimization that works by eliminating redundant instructions from a small area of source code.
Where does peephole optimization come from?: Coined by computer scientist William Marshall McKeeman in 1965, from peephole + optimization.

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