"optimizer" meaning in All languages combined

See optimizer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: optimizers [plural]
Etymology: optimize + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|optimize|er|id2=agent noun}} optimize + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} optimizer (plural optimizers)
  1. A person in a large business whose task is to maximize profits and make the business more efficient.
    Sense id: en-optimizer-en-noun-Veyzkc7B
  2. (computing) A program that uses linear programming to optimize a process. Categories (topical): Computing Translations (Translations): ოპტიმიზატორი (oṗṭimizaṭori) (Georgian), Optimierer [masculine] (German), ottimizzatore [masculine] (Italian), optimizador [masculine] (Spanish), optimerare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-optimizer-en-noun-O-Yojdnt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 58 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 9 59 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 5 63 32
  3. (computing) A compiler or assembler that produces optimized code. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-optimizer-en-noun-87Ew9CWC Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: superoptimizer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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