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.

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

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  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.

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

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

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

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

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Translations

8 languages
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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