BENCHMARK

Benchmark

In computing, a benchmark is the act of running a computer program, a set of programs, or other operations, in order to assess the relative performance of an object, normally by running a number of standard tests and trials against it. The term 'benchmark' is also mostly utilized for the purposes of elaborately-designed benchmarking programs themselves.

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benchmark

Noun

  1. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
  2. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
  3. A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

Verb

  1. To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.


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