Pruning (disambiguation)

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Pruning is the practice of removing unwanted portions from a plant, but may also refer to:

  • Synaptic pruning, the reformation of neural structure by pruning "excess" neurons or neural clusters
  • Pruning (algorithm), a method of simplification of a decision tree
  • Pruning (biology), the removal of no longer needed blood vessels, for example during setup of the vascular system in development
  • Pruning (microeconomics), the removal of "excess" items from a budget

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