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optimization

[op-tuh-muh-zey-shuhn] / ˌɒp tə məˈzeɪ ʃən /


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Kathy Kay, CIO of Principal Financial Group, said the financial-services firm is “putting governance and optimization practices in place, similar to what companies have done with cloud, to manage costs as we scale.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Profit in the recent quarter was dented by costs related to the company’s freight spinoff, business optimization and shift to reporting on a calendar-year basis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

The deal is “just a nice technology tuck-in that adds to AMD’s memory optimization capabilities,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026

The company has pioneered annealing quantum, an architecture that’s tailored to optimization problems, but recently moved into more broadly applicable gate-model systems to capture a wider share of the market.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Such spikes are called `hot spots' and are good candidates for heavy optimization or hand-hacking.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.




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