It might seem a bit geeky, potentially anoraky and sort of lame.

to reduce weight, speed, heat, expenses, price, personnel etc.

For howsoever it may grow mishapt (Like this wild man, being undisciplin'd) That to all vertue it may seem unapt, Yet will it shew some sparks of gentle mind, And at the last break forth in his own proper kind.

a twosome dance