# Key Terms — Code Efficiency, Readability, & Benchmarking

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- Published: 2026-10-18T12:32:39-04:00
- Author: matthew.leffler@jefferson.kyschools.us

Course 3: Introduction to Programming / Unit 9: Code Efficiency, Algorithms & Artificial
Intelligence / Lesson 2: Code Efficiency, Readability, & Benchmarking

## Vocabulary focus

Code Efficiency, Readability, Benchmarking, Execution Time, Optimization, Time Complexity,
Memory Footprint, Profiling, Refactoring, Performance

## Build your glossary

For each term or concept, write an explanation in your own words and add an example
from this lesson. Check your explanation against the lesson resources.

  |  Term or concept |  My explanation |  Example |  
   |  ________________ |  ________________ |  ________________ |  
 |  ________________ |  ________________ |  ________________ |