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microbenchmarking

microbenchmarking noun: measuring the performance of a small piece of code that executes in microseconds or nanoseconds.

Noun

microbenchmarking (uncountable)

  1. Measuring the performance of a small piece of code that executes in microseconds or nanoseconds.
    • The evaluation work is performed at two levels: the microbenchmarking level and the real-world application level.2016, Zhaokui Li, Jianbin Fang, Tao Tang, Xuhao Chen, Cheng Chen, Canqun Yang, “Evaluating the Performance Impact of Multiple Streams on the MIC-based Heterogeneous Platform”, in arXiv

Origin of microbenchmarking

From micro- + benchmarking.

Questions about microbenchmarking

What does microbenchmarking mean?
Microbenchmarking means measuring the performance of a small piece of code that executes in microseconds or nanoseconds.
What part of speech is microbenchmarking?
Microbenchmarking is a noun.

Words near microbenchmarking in the dictionary

  1. microbehaviours
  2. microbeless
  3. microbench
  4. microbenches
  5. microbenchmark
  6. microbenchmarking
  7. microbenchmarks
  8. microbend
  9. microbenthic
  10. microbenthos
  11. microbes

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