Meaning

3 senses
  1. A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.

    Near-synonym: criterion

    Maßstab, Höhenfestpunkt, Kriterium

    крите́рийkritérij, мери́лоmerílo, станда́ртstandárt

    a standard by which something can be measured or judged

  2. A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.

    Near-synonym: datum

    реперreper

    a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point

  3. A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Without a good benchmark, it's hard to tell which software is faster.

    ruБез хорошего теста на производительность трудно сказать, какая программа работает быстрее. — odexed

    deOhne eine gute Benchmark ist es schwer zu sagen, welches Programm schneller ist. — Yorwba

  2. She thinks that happiness and health should be the benchmarks for success.

    deSie findet, dass Glück und Gesundheit die Maßstäbe des Erfolgs sein sollten. — Yorwba

  3. Its performance on the benchmark test suite shows that this is one of the fastest computer processors in existence.

  4. A benchmark is a test used to evaluate and compare the performance of one software with that of other software.

  5. The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark discount rate to an 18-year low.

    deDie Bundesbank senkte ihren Diskontsatz auf ein 18-Jahres-Tief. — samueldora

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Translations

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Русский
By meaning 2
standard:
surveyor's mark:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
standard:

Origin

From bench + mark. First use appears c. 1842. Originally a mark cut into a stone by land s

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.

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Forms

plural: benchmarks

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point:bench mark

Word family

1 related words

See also

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