benchmark

Signification (Anglais)

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. (intransitive, transitive) To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
2. (ambitransitive, transitive) To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.

Concepts

test de performance

point de repère

point de référence

critère

benchmark

repère

repère de marée

repère de base

comparaison

base de référence

référentiel

étalonnage des performances

repère de réalisation

benchmarking

année de référence

Synonymes

bench mark

criterion

measure

standard

point of reference

reference

reference mark

reference point

touchstone

yardstick

performance benchmark

reference level

baseline

benchmarking

gold standard

Traductions

punto de referencia

benchmark

benchmark

benchmark

Benchmark

Maßstab

ponto de referência

referência

benchmark

maatstaf

punt de referència

Richtwert

punto di riferimento

ijkpunt

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈbɛn(t)ʃmɑːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

Phrases

To measure the performance accurately we need a benchmark .