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Princeton's WordNet
benchmarknoun
a standard by which something can be measured or judged
"his painting sets the benchmark of quality"
benchmark, bench marknoun
a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
Wiktionary
benchmarknoun
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
benchmarknoun
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
benchmarkverb
To measure the performance of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
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benchmark
A benchmark is a standard or point of reference against which things may be compared or assessed. In business, it often refers to a measure used to compare the performance, quality, or efficiency of a system or process. In computing, it's used to test the performance of hardware or software.
Wikidata
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. Benchmarking is usually associated with assessing performance characteristics of computer hardware, for example, the floating point operation performance of a CPU, but there are circumstances when the technique is also applicable to software. Software benchmarks are, for example, run against compilers or database management systems. Benchmarks provide a method of comparing the performance of various subsystems across different chip/system architectures. Test suites are a type of system intended to assess the correctness of software.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
benchmark
[techspeak] An inaccurate measure of computer performance. “In the computer industry, there are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and benchmarks.” Well-known ones include Whetstone, Dhrystone, Rhealstone (see h), the Gabriel LISP benchmarks, the SPECmark suite, and LINPACK. See also machoflops, MIPS, smoke and mirrors.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of benchmark in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of benchmark in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of benchmark in a Sentence
You have to deliver on the prestige you've gained by being in the benchmark.
I will consider making a change in portfolios if there has been a change in the fund's strategy and it no longer makes sense in my overall strategy with the client, i will also sell out of a mutual fund that is consistently under-performing the relevant benchmark.
Chief Financial Officer Shawn Guertin:
Double-digit adjusted EPS growth remains the benchmark that we’re always trying to achieve, but an awful lot has changed since 2019 when that target was out there and stated.
Tiger Woods was the reason that working out become popular, these( younger) guys, it's like they used him as a benchmark. When I came out, Tiger Woods had this massive intimidation factor. Now it's like Tiger Woods is the one who pushed them along and trained them. The dynamic is weird, but probably a guy my age would be more intimidated by Tiger Woods than a guy who is just now coming out.
Structurally it will be underweight the biggest countries and overweight the smallest countries. Over time this should deliver lower volatility versus the benchmark, thanks to better diversification.
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- benchmarkDanish
- Kriterium, Maßstab, HöhenfestpunktGerman
- punto de referenciaSpanish
- معیارPersian
- critère, point de référence, repèreFrench
- szintjelHungarian
- riferimentoItalian
- אמת מידהHebrew
- 基準Japanese
- ijkpunt, maatstafDutch
- ponto de referênciaPortuguese
- репер, эталонный тест, критерий, показатель, стандарт, мерилоRussian
- etapëAlbanian
- riktmärke, fixpunkt, måttstockSwedish
- kıyaslamaTurkish
- орієнтирUkrainian
- 基准Chinese
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