Minification can be distinguished from the more general concept of data compression in that the minified source can be interpreted immediately without the need for an uncompression step : the same interpreter can work with both the original as well as with the minified source.
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This " brightness gain " comprises a " flux gain " ( amplification of photon number ) and " minification gain " ( concentration of photons from a large input screen onto a small output screen ) each of approximately 100.
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During texture magnification, the number of texels that need to be looked up for any pixel is always four or fewer; during minification, however, as the textured polygon moves farther away potentially the " entire texture " might fall into a single pixel.
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One way to look at the core CSS and JS files is to install ? debug = true URL parameter ( this will separate different CSS files, prevent minification and preserve comments ), then in Firebug switch to " CSS " tab, select CSS file and click " Edit ".
