Downsizing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  downsizing \downsizing\ n. (Economics)
     the reduction of expeditures and personnel in order to become
     financial stable; -- of businesses.
  
     Syn: retrenchment, curtailment.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  downsizing
       n : the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial
           stable [syn: {retrenchment}, {curtailment}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  downsizing
       
           The process of moving an {application program} from a
          {mainframe} to a cheaper system, typically a {client-server}
          system.
       
          (1995-03-27)