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1. Instruments

   Instruments is an application performance analyzer and visualizer, integrated in Xcode 3.0 and later versions of Xcode. It is a developer tool included in Apple Mac OS X v10.5 and later versions of Mac OS X, built on top of the DTrace tracing framework from OpenSolaris and ported to Mac OS X. Instruments shows a time line displaying any event occurring in the application, such as CPU activity variation, memory allocation, and network and file activity, together with graphs and statistics. Group of events are monitored via customizable "instruments", which have the ability to record user generated events and replay them exactly as many times as needed, so a developer can see the effect of code changes without actually doing the repetitive work. The Instrument Builder feature allows the creation of custom analysis instruments. Built-in instruments can track ⁕User events, such as keyboard keys pressed and mouse moves and clicks with exact time. ⁕CPU activity of processes and threads. ⁕Memory allocation and release, garbage collection and memory leaks. ⁕File reads, writes, locks. ⁕Network activity and traffic. ⁕Graphics and inner workings of OpenGL.

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1. instruments

   Plural noun of the word instrument.

   The musicians all brought their instruments and had a jamming session in the local pub on holidays.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 20, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'instruments' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3349

How to pronounce instruments?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of instruments in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of instruments in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of instruments in a Sentence

1. Roger McGuinn:

   I think what makes the Byrds stand up all these years is the basis in folk music. Folk music, being a timeless art form, is the foundation of the Byrds. We were all from a folk background. We considered ourselves folk singers even when we strapped on electric instruments and dabbled in different things.

2. f.m. FABER jR:

   How many instruments should one to expect to HEAR in a 'rubber- band'?

3. George Tahu:

   Our next instruments will build on the success of [Mars Science Laboratory], which was a proving ground for new technology, these will gather science data in ways that weren’t possible before.

4. Igor Sechin:

   We believe that the (function of) regulation has moved to three main players, which are the United States, Saudi Arabia and Russia, the main reasons which led to this are quite simple: the valuation of the resource base, the existence of technologies and financial tools... All the participants which I named have all the instruments.

5. Madhulika Guhathakurta:

   Instead of being able to collect data from one spot or for just a few minutes, this eclipse is providing that window of opportunity to observe the corona over a long period of time, this is also an opportunity to test out novel instruments and our models also to see how well are they working. And it's scientifically important because of this sun, moon and Earth connection.

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