Tune

n.	1.	A sound; a note; a tone.
	2.	(Mus.) A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air. Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh. - Shak.
	3.	Order; harmony; concord; fit disposition, temper, or humor; right mood. A child will learn three times as much when he is in tune, as when he . . . is dragged unwillingly to [his task]. - Locke.
v. t.	1.	To put into a state adapted to produce the proper sounds; to harmonize, to cause to be in tune; to correct the tone of; as, to tune a piano or a violin. [imp. & p. p. Tuned (tūnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Tuning.]
	2.	To give tone to; to attune; to adapt in style of music; to make harmonious. For now to sorrow must I tune my song. - Milton.
	3.	To sing with melody or harmony. Fountains, and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. - Milton.
	4.	To put into a proper state or disposition.
v. i.	1.	To form one sound to another; to form accordant musical sounds. Whilst tuning to the water's fall, The small birds sang to her. - Drayton.
	2.	To utter inarticulate harmony with the voice; to sing without pronouncing words; to hum.

Noun	1.	tune - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" Synonyms: melodic line, melodic phrase, melody, strain, air, line
	2.	tune - the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
	3.	tune - the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
Verb	1.	tune - adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" Synonyms: tune up
	2.	tune - of musical instruments; "My piano needs to be tuned" Synonyms: tune up Antonyms: untune - cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!"

(jargon)

tune - (From musical, possibly via automotive, usage) To optimise a program or system for a particular environment, especially by adjusting numerical parameters designed as hooks for tuning, e.g. by changing "#define" lines in C. One may "tune for time" (fastest execution), "tune for space" (least memory use), or "tune for configuration" (most efficient use of hardware). See bum, hot spot, hand-hacking.

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