Definizione monolingua

downsizing

downsizing

1. Present participle of downsize.

downsizing (plural downsizings)

1. An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized

   He lost his job in the last downsizing.

2. miniaturization
3. (automotive) Reducing engines capacity at same power or increasing engines power without increasing capacity

   Downsizing is one of the leading trends in automotive engine design.

Definizione dizionario downsizing

miniaturizzazione

Altri significati:

(automotive) Reducing engine's capacity at same power or increasing engine's power without increasing capacity

Present participle of downsize.

downsizing of the workforce

(corporate) restructuring

An act in which a company downsizes or is downsized

switching from mainframe to personal computers

In computing, the practice of moving from larger computer systems, such as mainframes and minicomputers, to smaller systems in an organization, generally to save costs and to update to newer software. The smaller systems are usually client/server systems composed of a combination of PCs, workstations, and some legacy system such as a mainframe, connected in one or more local area networks or wide area networks.