Performance Optimization

Definitions

1. The iterative process of identifying bottlenecks through profiling and measurement, then applying targeted changes — such as algorithmic improvements, caching, reducing allocations, or parallelizing workloads — to improve speed, throughput, or resource efficiency.

   In plain English: Making software run faster or use less resources by finding the slowest parts and improving them.

   Example: "The biggest performance optimization was replacing the O(n²) nested loop with a hash map lookup, cutting the import from 40 minutes to 8 seconds."

Related Terms

• Distributed Systems
• NoSQL
• Shard
• Memory Profile
• Capacity Planning
• Code Profile
• Connection Limit
• Continuous Profiling