Efficiency
Definition
Efficiency refers to how well a program or algorithm utilizes resources, such as time and memory. It measures the ability of a program to accomplish its task with minimal wasted resources.
Related terms
Speedup: Speedup is the measure of how much faster one solution or algorithm performs compared to another solution or algorithm when solving the same problem.
Time Complexity: Time complexity measures how the running time of an algorithm increases with the size of the input.
Space Complexity: Space complexity measures how much memory an algorithm requires to solve a problem based on the size of the input.
"Efficiency" appears in:
Subjects (8)
AP Environmental Science
AP European History
AP Microeconomics
AP Physics 2
AP Physics C: Mechanics
AP US History
AP World History: Modern
Intro to Business
Study guides (1)
AP Computer Science Principles - 4.3 Parallel and Distributed Computing
Additional resources (1)
AP Computer Science Principles - Big Idea 3: Algorithms and Programming
Practice Questions (1)
How is efficiency of an algorithm typically measured?
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