Retrofit vs Optimize - What's the difference?
retrofit | optimize |
To add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize
To fix an older version (or older versions) as part of the same process of fixing the newest version; to backport
of, relating to, or being a retrofit
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(originally) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
To make (something) optimal.
To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
To become optimal.
As verbs the difference between retrofit and optimize
is that retrofit is to add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize while optimize is to act optimistically or as an optimist.As a noun retrofit
is something that has been retrofitted.As an adjective retrofit
is of, relating to, or being a retrofit.retrofit
English
(wikipedia retrofit)Verb
(transitive, or, intransitive)- The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release.