benchmark

Etymology
From. Originally (attested circa 1842) a mark cut into a stone by land surveyors to secure a "bench" (from 19th century land surveying jargon, meaning a type of bracket), to mount measuring equipment. Figurative sense attested circa 1884.

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.
 * 1)  A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: бенчмарк
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, ,
 * German:, Höhenfestpunkt,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, , , ,
 * Latvian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: cota de referencia, estandar de comparación
 * Swedish:, riktmärke
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: ре́пер
 * Czech: nivelační bod
 * Finnish: kiintopiste
 * French: point de référence,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: punto di riferimento
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, punto de referencia
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: бенчмарк
 * Esperanto: etalono
 * Finnish: suorituskykytesti

Verb

 * 1)  To measure the performance or quality of (an item) relative to another similar item in an impartial scientific manner.
 * 2)  To give certain results in a benchmark test.
 * 3)  To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.