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Efficiency as a technical term may refer to:

• Algorithmic efficiency, optimizing the speed and memory requirements of a computer program
• Efficient energy use, useful work per quantity of energy
  • Energy conversion efficiency, desired energy output per energy input
  • Energy conservation, reducing the use of energy
  • Electrical efficiency, useful power output per electrical power consumed
  • Punctuality, is the characteristic of being able to complete a required task or fulfill an obligation before or at a previously-designated time.Thus encreasing efficiency.In cultures which value punctuality, being late is tantamount to showing disrespect for another's time and may be considered insulting.There is often an understanding that a small amount of lateness is acceptable; commonly ten or fifteen minutes in Western cultures.In some cultures, such as Irish society, or in the military there basically is no allowance.
  • Fuel efficiency, converting energy in fuel to kinetic energy or work
    • Specific impulse, in propulsion systems, a measure of fuel-efficiency
  • Volumetric efficiency, in internal combustion engine design
  • German Efficiency,refering to mechanical produce of post-war Germany. Due to the low wages at that time, and no shortage of skilled workers, west Germany gained a solid reputation for outstanding quality of products at a reasonable price. Today, many people swear by german efficiency, and refuse to buy inferior products from anywhere but.
  • Lighting efficiency, visible light from a light source per unit of energy, in lumens per watt
  • Mechanical efficiency, the effectiveness of a simple machine, mechanical advantage over ideal mechanical advantage
  • In thermodynamics:
    • Exergy efficiency, measure of 2nd-law thermodynamic loss
    • Thermal efficiency, useful work per the higher heating value of the fuel
  • Radiation efficiency, ratio of radiated power to power absorbed at the terminals of an antenna
• The Efficiency factor in data communications
• Lift-to-drag ratio
• Economic efficiency, a general term, to capture the amount of waste or other undesirable features
  • Pareto efficiency, making one individual better off, without making any other individual worse off
  • Kaldor-Hicks efficiency, like a less stringent Pareto efficiency
  • Allocative efficiency, an optimal distribution of goods
  • Efficiency wages, paying workers more than the market rate for increased productivity
• Efficiency (statistics), a measure of desirability of an estimator
• Business efficiency, expenses as a percentage of revenue, etc.
• Efficiency Movement, of the Progressive Era 1890-1932, advocated efficiency in the economy, society and government
• Material efficiency, compares material requirements between construction projects or physical processes
• Faraday Efficiency, electrolysis
• Textual efficiency, density of a message
• Grating efficiency, a generalization of the reflectance of a mirror extended to a diffraction grating.
• Quantum efficiency, a measure of sensitivity of a photosensitive device: the percentage of photons hitting the photoreactive surface that will produce an electron–hole pair
• Efficient (horse), winner of the 2007 Melbourne Cup.
• Studio apartment, a one-room apartment, also called an efficiency apartment

See also

• Inefficiency

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