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An **information battery** refers to the "storage" of surplus energy in the form of information (such as intermediate results of computation) that can be used later to lessen the need for computation.
-The concept was introduced in the context of [[supercomputing]], but it has
+The concept was introduced in the context of [supercomputing]], but it has
also been discussed in the context of [[degrowth computing]] in 2022. It
mirrors the permacomputing idea of using surplus energy for slow,
computing-intensive tasks.
-The concept emphasizes the storage of information on a rather short-term
-basis. An example of a more long-term use of surplus energy would be the
-gradual optimization of software: when initially compiling a program, the
-compiler would only do rather lightweight optimizations, and the heavier and
-more computing-intensive ones would be postponed to times of abundance.
+The concept emphasizes the storage of rather temporary information on a rather short-term basis. An example of a more long-term use of surplus energy for more permanent results would be the gradual optimization of software: when initially compiling a program, the compiler would only do rather lightweight optimizations, and the heavier and more computing-intensive ones would be postponed to times of abundance.
See also:
