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[[Image:Binary optimizer.png|thumb|180px|A binary optimizer takes the existing output from a compiler and produces a more optimalbetter execution file with the same functionality.]]
An '''object code optimizer''', sometimes also known as a '''post pass optimizer''' or, for small sections of code, [[peephole optimization|'''peephole optimizer''']], takes the output from a source language compile step - the object code or [[binary file]] - and tries to replace identifiable sections of the code with replacement code that is more [[algorithmic efficiency|algorithmically efficient]] (usually improved speed).