Thrift

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The principle of thrift stands for:

in the technical sense the demand for efficiency
an economic principle in economics
in the philosophy of science part of the elegance of a theory or proof, see Occam's razor
in physics see Hamilton's principle
In data protection, the requirement (§3 BDSG ) to use as little personal data as possible

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Thrift - too general meanings