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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 MC Harmonious 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

How to say instruments in sign language?

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. Frederick the Great:

   Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.

2. f.m. FABER jR:

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

3. William Shakespeare, "King Lear", Act 5 scene 3:

   The gods are just, and of our pleasant vicesMake instruments to plague us.

4. William Shakespeare:

   The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.

5. England Governor Mark Carney:

   In August, we will also discuss further the range of instruments at our disposal.

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