Work = Resources * Efficiency

Applicable to IT, CS, and any other form of engineering.

Just putting that out there, FWIW.

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"Efficiency": Merriam-Webster <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficiency)>:

1: the quality or degree of being efficient ("X is X! Yawn, tell me something that means something!")

2.a: efficient operation (ehh? Ehhh!?!?!)

2.b.1: effective operation as measured by a comparison of production with cost (as in energy, time, and money): (Ahh, so: efficiency is "produced work" vs "resources required to produce that amount of work"!!!)

2.b.2: the ratio of the useful energy delivered by a dynamic system to the energy supplied to it: (Ahh, so, once again: "produced work vs resources required to produce that amount of work")

3: efficiency apartment: "a small usually furnished apartment with minimal kitchen and bath facilities" --- ummm...not relevant...?

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"Efficiency": Dictionary.com <https://www.dictionary.com/browse/efficiency>

1. the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.

"Able to accomplish something" (ie, "work") "with the least waste of time an effort" (ie, using minimum "resources")

2. accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort: The assembly line increased industry's efficiency. ("ability to accomplish a job" == "work", "expenditure of time and effort" == "resources")

3. the ratio of the work done or energy developed by a machine, engine, etc., to the energy supplied to it, usually expressed as a percentage. ("work done or energy developed by a machine, engine, etc." == "work", "the energy supplied to it" == "resources"...ie: "the ratio of ["work"] to ["resources"]" == "efficiency")

4. efficiency apartment: "a small apartment consisting typically of a combined living room and bedroom area, a bathroom, and a kitchenette." - Not relevant.

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 04:00:35AM -0400, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: [...]
> "Efficiency": Merriam-Webster <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/efficiency)>:
> 
> 1: the quality or degree of being efficient ("X is X! Yawn, tell me
> something that means something!")
> 
> 2.a: efficient operation (ehh? Ehhh!?!?!)
[...]

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