Lightweight software
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Short description: Computer program with low system resource usage
In computing, lightweight software[1] also called lightweight program and lightweight application, is a computer program that is designed to have a small memory footprint (RAM usage) and low CPU usage, overall a low usage of system resources . To achieve this, the software should avoid software bloat and code bloat and try to find the best algorithm efficiency.
See also
- Software optimization
- Application footprint
- Light-weight process
- Lightweight protocol
- Lightweight Procedure Call
- Lightweight programming language
- Lightweight markup language
- Load (computing)
References
- ↑ Rouse, Margaret (September 2005). "What is lightweight? - Definition from WhatIs.com". https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/lightweight. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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