benchmark
noun
- test to the measure performance of a computer system
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/
noun
Etymology: From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.
- A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
“Near-synonym: criterion”
“Is the pope Catholic? Forgive the posing of a question that is usually rhetorical, the absolute benchmark of certainty, and traditionally regarded as even more settled than the one pertaining to the lavatorial arrangements of bears.”
- A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
“Near-synonym: datum”
- A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
verb
Etymology: From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a bench (from land surveying jargon in the 19th century, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. The figurative sense first appears c. 1884.
- To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
- To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.