Performance testing can serve different purposes.

Performance testing is frequently used as part of the process of performance profile tuning.

Performance testing can be performed across the web, and even done in different parts of the country, since it is known that the response times of the internet itself vary regionally.

Performance testing technology employs one or more PCs or Unix servers to act as injectors – each emulating the presence of numbers of users and each running an automated sequence of interactions ( recorded as a script, or as a series of scripts to emulate different types of user interaction ) with the host whose performance is being tested.

Performance testing can be combined with stress testing, in order to see what happens when an acceptable load is exceeded – does the system crash?

* Performance testing environment

Evans Foundation Scholarship, 1970 ; University of Kansas Honor Scholarship, 1970 ; Summerfield Scholarship, 1970 – 1973 ; Veta B. Lear Award, 1970 ; Stranathan Award, 1972 ; Outstanding Physics Major Award, 1973 ; University of California Regents Fellowship, 1974 ; Group Achievement Award for software testing at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory, 1981 ; NASA Outstanding Performance Award, 1981 ; NASA Superior Performance Award, 1981 ; Group Achievement Award for Second Orbiter Test and Checkout at Kennedy Space Center, 1982 ; Quality Increase, 1982 ; NASA Space Flight Medal ( 1984, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for JSC Strategic Planning, 1987 ; NASA Exceptional Service Medal ( 1988, 1991 ); Special Achievement Award, 1988 ; Exceptional Service Medal for Return to Flight, 1988 ; Outstanding Leadership Medal, 1990 ; Special Achievement Award, 1990 ; Haley Flight Achievement Award, 1991 ; Kansan of the Year Award, 1992 ; Group Achievement Award for ESIG 3000 Integration Project, 1994 ; Presidential Rank Award ( 1994, 1999 ); Group Achievement Award for Space Shuttle Program Functional Workforce Review, 1995 ; Group Achievement Award for SFOC Contract Acquisition, 1997 ; Kansas Aviation Hall of Fame, 1997 ; University of Kansas Distinguished Service Citation, 1998 ; NASA Distinguished Service Medal ( 1998, 2000 ); Aviation Week & Space Technology Laurel Citation for Space, 1998, V. M.

* Performance at two or more standard deviations on standardized testing in three or more of the following CNS domains — sufficient for a FAS, PFAS or static encephalopathy diagnosis using 4-Digit Diagnostic Code

* Performance at or below the 16th percentile on standardized testing in three or more of the following CNS domains — sufficient for an FAS diagnosis using CDC guidelines

* Performance at two or more standard deviations on standardized testing in three or more of the following CNS domains — sufficient for an FAS diagnosis using Canadian guidelines

Performance testing by Florida Solar Energy Center conclusively proved that the increase in temperature at the hottest part of the day was no more than about 5 degrees F. In fact, this study showed that radiant barrier had the potential to decrease the roof temperature once the sun went down because it was preventing the heat loss through the roof.

Performance data gained from testing models towed in a long water tank ( referred to in yacht design as Ship model basin ) can suggest optimal combinations of parameters.

Pratt graduated summa cum laude in Kinesiology at Toronto's York University and took at job there in the Human Performance Lab, testing professional athletes including the players of the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Winnipeg Jets and the San Jose Sharks.

Currently, the track is home to the Fast Track High Performance Driving School, which is owned by new track owner Andy Hillenburg, and is used extensively for NASCAR testing.

* HP Performance Center: Application performance testing management solutions

HP Performance Center software is the de-facto standard for enterprise-level performance testing.

The key index used to assess passenger train performance is the Public Performance Measure, which combines figures for punctuality and reliability.

In terms of the 2008 Environmental Performance Index ranking, Costa Rica is 5th in the world, up from the 15th place in 2006.

Performance status is often used as a measure to determine whether a patient can receive chemotherapy, or whether dose reduction is required.

Customer Operations Performance Center Inc. ( COPC ) is the globally recognised performance management framework for the contact centre and BPO industry.

) In large implementations, the planned value curve is commonly called a Performance Measurement Baseline ( PMB ) and may be arranged in control accounts, summary-level planning packages, planning packages and work packages.

If a project has a Management Reserve ( MR ), it is typically not included in the BAC, and respectively, in the Performance Measurement Baseline.

The published research resulted in a Technical Performance Management ( TPM ) methodology and software application that is still used by many DoD agencies in informing EVM estimates with technical achievement.

Performance is high because the components switch quickly and consume little power ( compared to their discrete counterparts ) as a result of the small size and close proximity of the components.

Performance appraisal or performance evaluation is the process of measuring an individual's work behaviors and outcomes against the expectations of the job.

Performance appraisal is frequently used in promotion and compensation decisions, to help design and validate personnel selection procedures, and for performance management.

Performance management is the process of providing performance feedback relative to expectations and improvement information ( e. g., coaching, mentoring ).

Performance is commonly broken into two major categories: in-role ( technical aspects of a job ) and extra-role ( non-technical abilities such as communication skills and being a good team member ).

According to Campbell's Model of The Determinants of Job Performance, job performance is a result of the interaction between declarative knowledge ( knowledge of facts or things ), procedural knowledge ( knowledge of what needs to be done and how to do it ), and motivation ( reflective of an employee's choices regarding whether to expend effort, the level of effort to expend, and whether to persist with the level of effort chosen ).

* Performance of duties normal to the grade, branch, specialty or assignment, and experience of an individual is not an adequate basis for this award.

Performance is therefore a potential issue in microkernel systems.

Opel established Opel Performance Center ( OPC ) in 1997, which is responsible for the development of high-performance cars.

The Alliance for Performance Excellence is a network of state and local organizations that use the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria at the grassroots level to improve the performance of local organizations and economies.

) The two most common handicap systems are the IRC and the Portsmouth Yardstick, while the Performance Handicap Racing Fleet ( PHRF ) is very common in the U. S. A.

* Advanced Distributed Learning Job Performance Lab ( Alexandria, Virginia ): Their mission is to act as a catalyst for the advancement of research, development and implementation of dynamic capability-based job performance technology solutions across the Department of Defense

The Ekstrom Collection of the Diaghilev and Stravinsky Foundation is held by the Department of Theatre and Performance of the Victoria and Albert Museum ..

The " state of the art " Clinical Performance Lab is located in the James Tower of Swedish Cherry Hill, a few blocks away from the main campus.

He was a board member of Australasian Performing Right Association ( APRA ) ( 1997 – 2000 ) and Phonographic Performance Company of Australia ( PPCA ) ( 2001 – 2006 ), and is an intellectual property lawyer.

The album won a Grammy in 2000 ; as an indicator of how difficult it is to classify Waits's music, he was nominated simultaneously for Best Contemporary Folk Album ( which he won ) and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ( for the song " Hold On "), both different from the genre for which he won his previous Grammy.

" The Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance is a Creative Arts and not handed out during the primetime telecast and, prior to 2009, was a juried award without nominations.

The film records The Performance Group's performance of Euripides ’ The Bacchae, starring, amongst others, De Palma regular William Finley.

Cyrix used a PR rating ( Performance Rating ) to relate their performance to the Intel P5 Pentium ( pre-P55C ), because a 6x86 at a lower clock rate outperformed the higher-clocked P5 Pentium.

Performance statistics for individual hedge funds are difficult to obtain, as the funds have historically not been required to report their performance to a central repository and restrictions against public offerings and advertisement have led many managers to refuse to provide performance information publicly.

New performance measures have been introduced that attempt to address some of theoretical concerns with traditional indicators, including: modified Sharpe ratios ; the Omega ratio introduced by Keating and Shadwick in 2002 ; Alternative Investments Risk Adjusted Performance ( AIRAP ) published by Sharma in 2004 ; and Kappa developed by Kaplan and Knowles in 2004.

Other tools include Speedshop for performance tuning, and Performance Co-Pilot.

Performance management may also include documenting and tracking performance information for organization-level evaluation purposes.

" Her performance earned her the MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, the Saturn Award for Best Young Actress, and her first Golden Globe Award nomination.

A speed-bumped version of the R3000 running up to 40 MHz, the R3000A delivered a performance of 32 VUPs ( VAX Unit of Performance ).

** Performance metrics, a measure of an organization's activities and performance.

* The Performance of µ-Kernel-Based Systems – Contains an excellent performance comparison of Linux running as a monokernel, on Mach 3 and on L4

* Performance Co-Pilot, an open-source performance monitoring system

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program educates organizations in performance excellence management and administers the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

The Baldrige Award recognizes U. S. organizations for performance excellence based on the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.

* Market Performance of Romantic Comedies in United States-year-by-year analysis of box office performance of romantic comedies The Numbers

Travesties was a Broadway hit which won two Tony Awards ( Best Performance by an Actor for John Wood and Best Comedy ), as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award ( Best Play ), and Curry's performance as the famous dadaist Tristan Tzara received good reviews.

* Batch Performance ( Web Site )-for information regarding new industry standard batch performance improvements.