Lightweight software


In computing, lightweight software also called lightweight program and lightweight application, is a computer program that is designed to have a small memory footprint and low CPU usage, overall a low usage of system resources. To achieve this, the software should avoid software bloat and code bloat and try to find the best algorithm efficiency.

Lite software

Lightweight software is sometimes named Lite which is a variant spelling of "light" in the meaning "lightweight", e.g. Adobe Flash Lite.