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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>tune</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="tunafish.html" title="tunafish"/><link rel="next" href="turbo-nerd.html" title="turbo nerd"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">tune</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="tunafish.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="turbo-nerd.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="tune"/><dt xmlns="" id="tune"><b>tune</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from automotive or musical usage] To optimize a program or system
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for a particular environment, esp. by adjusting numerical parameters
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designed as <a href="../H/hook.html"><i class="glossterm">hook</i></a>s for tuning, e.g., by changing
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<b class="command">#define</b> lines in C. One may <span class="firstterm">tune for time</span> (fastest execution), <span class="firstterm">tune for space</span> (least memory use), or <span class="firstterm">tune for configuration</span> (most efficient use of
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hardware). See <a href="../H/hot-spot.html"><i class="glossterm">hot spot</i></a>,
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