Profile the word has (1) shape, outline, appearance, image (2) Impression, Image (3) profile (4) profiles, side-view and other meanings. This word is also very common in computer and communication protocols. Here is a description of it in the field of software system performance analysis.
Translation of Wikipedia (Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiling_ (computer_programming)) on Profiling explanation: In the field of software engineering, Profiling (I translated into anatomy) is a way of analyzing the time-space performance of software (memory usage, execution time), frequency of use of specific instructions, and so on. Profiling information (profiling information) can help developers perform software performance optimizations.
Profiler can perform performance analysis on source or binary code. The profiler synthetically uses a variety of technical means, such as events, statistics, simulations and other analysis.
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Performance analyzers for Microsoft
Microsoft used to provide a parser named Kernrate.exe to developers in the DDK WDK, but starting with the Windows 8 WDK, Kernrate is no longer available, and instead uses the Windows Performance Analysis Kit.
[Windows operating system] core profiling