- Canadian language benchmarks
The Canadian Benchmarks are a 12 point scale of task based language proficiency descriptors used to guide the teaching and assessment of ESL learners in Canada. Like the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines , the Canadian Language Benchmarks describe ESL learners successive levels of communicative achievement. The CLB s 12 benchmarks are divided into 3 parts Stage I Basic Proficiency Stage II Intermediate Proficiency and Stage III Advanced Proficiency. Each benchmark is then described in terms of can do statements or Performance Descriptors . For example, the following is the summary descriptor for Benchmark 5 Initial Intermediate Proficiency for writing. 1 Learner demonstrates initial ability in performing moderately complex writing tasks. 2 Can effectively convey an idea, opinion, feeling or experience in a single paragraph. 3 Can write short letters and notes on a familiar topic. 4 Can complete extended application forms. 5 Can take simple dictation with occasional repetitions at a slow to normal rate of speech. 6 Can reproduce in writing simple information received orally or visually. 7 Can write down everyday phone messages. 8 Can complete a short routine report usually on a form on a familiar topic. etc. Because such descriptor systems focus on the successful completion of communicative tasks, rather than on a strict emphasis on correct linguistic forms, they have quickly gained in popularity among proponents of task based ... and Immigration Canada established the National Working Group on Language Benchmarks. In November 1996, the group published the Canadian Language Benchmarks Working Document . This working group was eventually to become the Board of Directors of the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks. The CCLB received its charter as a non profit agency in March 1998. In 2000, the Canadian Language Benchmarks ... also Task based language learning External links Canadian Language Benchmarks home http www.language.ca ... more details
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- NAS Parallel Benchmarks
Infobox Software name NAS Parallel Benchmarks author NASA Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation Program developer ... Cross platform status Active website http www.nas.nasa.gov Software NPB The NAS Parallel Benchmarks ... from all sources. ref name npbweb cite web title NAS Parallel Benchmarks Changes url http www.nas.nasa.gov ... 02 23 ref History Motivation Traditional benchmarks that existed before NPB, such as the Livermore ... them inappropriate for highly parallel systems. Equally unsuitable were full scale application benchmarks ... first8 S. last9 Frederickson first9 P. contribution The NAS Parallel Benchmarks contribution url http ... first6 M. contribution The NAS Parallel Benchmarks 2.0 contribution url http www.nas.nasa.gov ... Benchmarks I O Version 2.4 contribution url http www.nas.nasa.gov News Techreports 2003 PDF nas 03 ... year January 2003 postscript none ref to address the ensuing lack of benchmarks applicable to highly parallel machines. NPB 1 The first specification of NPB recognized that the benchmarks should feature ... the only viable approach to use a collection of paper and pencil benchmarks that specified a set ... under certain necessary limits. NPB 1 defined eight benchmarks, each in two problem sizes dubbed ... and Results for the NAS Parallel Benchmarks 2 contribution url http www.nas.nasa.gov Resources ... ref name nas02007 Citation last1 van der Wijngaart first1 R. contribution NAS Parallel Benchmarks Version ... postscript none ref came with source code implementations for five out of eight benchmarks defined in NPB 1 to supplement but not replace NPB 1. It extended the benchmarks with an up to date problem ... contained implementations of two more benchmarks. ref name npb2.2 NPB 2.3 of 1997 was the first complete ... of the benchmarks consistent with the parallel versions and defined a problem size Class W for small memory systems. ref name npbchanges cite web title NAS Parallel Benchmarks Changes url http www.nas.nasa.gov ... M. last3 Yan first3 J. contribution The OpenMP Implementation of NAS Parallel Benchmarks and Its ... more details
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- IBM iSeries benchmarks
IBM has developed Benchmark computing benchmarks to compare the performance of their various IBM System i iSeries server offerings. Computational Intensive Workload CIW measures performance in a situation where there is a high ratio of computation to Input Output communication. The reverse situation is simulated by the Commercial Processing Workload CPW . ref cite title End to End Performance Management on IBM i url http www.redbooks.ibm.com redbooks pdfs sg247808.pdf date November 2009 publisher IBM ref The CPW is a simplified variant of the industry wide TPC C benchmarking standard. ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id ypJmzqt7JdUC&pg PA148 title Fortress Rochester the inside story of the IBM iSeries author Frank G. Soltis pages 147 148 year 2001 publisher 29th Street Press isbn 1583040838 ref References reflist External links http www.theregister.co.uk 2009 09 29 tpc slaps oracle TPC slaps Oracle on benchmark claims The Register Category Computer benchmarks compu hardware stub de Commercial Processing Workload ... more details
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- Iraq withdrawal benchmarks
by the Government Accountability Office , Iraq had met three of the benchmarks and failed to meet ... Withdrawal Benchmarks Category Stances and opinions regarding the Iraq War Category Iraq War ... more details
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- File:Heavy Sixer ID.jpg
Summary Identification benchmarks of a Heavy Sixer. Licensing self GFDL cc by 3.0 Orphan image Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot ... more details
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- SLAMD Server
A SLAMD Server is a Server computing server supported by an application server that services SLAMD clients and SLAMD jobs. Category Computer benchmarks Category Computer performance Category Java programming language ... more details
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- Benchmark (computing)
refimprove date October 2010 This article is about the use of benchmarks in computing, for other uses ... is also applicable to software. Software benchmarks are, for example, run against compiler ..., are intended to assess the correctness of software. Benchmarks provide a method of comparing ... at a higher frequency. See BogoMips and the megahertz myth . Benchmarks are designed to mimic a particular type of workload on a component or system. Synthetic benchmarks do this by specially created programs that impose the workload on the component. Application benchmarks run real world programs on the system. Whilst application benchmarks usually give a much better measure of real world performance on a given system, synthetic benchmarks are useful for testing individual components, like a hard disk or networking device. Benchmarks are particularly important in CPU design , giving processor ... architects used SPEC to do this, although SPEC s Unix based benchmarks were quite lengthy and thus .... Benchmarks are now regularly used by compiler companies to improve not only their own benchmark ... the supposedly faster high clock rate CPU. Given the large number of benchmarks available, a manufacturer ... only those benchmarks or aspects of benchmarks that show their products in the best light. They also have been known to mis represent the significance of benchmarks, again to show their products in the best possible light. Taken together, these practices are called bench marketing. Ideally benchmarks ... challenges Vendors tend to tune their products specifically for industry standard benchmarks ... at benchmarks doing things that give much higher benchmark numbers, but make things worse ... work IDG News ref Many benchmarks focus entirely on the speed of computer performance computational ... property tests, database scalability rules, and service level requirements. In general, benchmarks ... cost, better code density can significantly reduce costs. Vendor benchmarks tend to ignore requirements ... more details
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- NPB (disambiguation)
NPB can refer to NAS Parallel Benchmarks , a set of benchmarks developed by the NASA for measuring the performance of supercomputers Ministry of Finance Japan Independent Administrative Institutions National Printing Bureau of Japan Nederlandsche Padvinders Bond , one of the scouting organizations that evolved into Scouting Nederland Newport Beach a city in Orange County, California Orange County, California, United States Nippon Professional Baseball , the highest level of professional baseball in Japan Nitrifying bacteria Nitrate producing bacteria , also known as nitrifying bacteria in the nitrogen cycle Northern Black Polished Ware , a period of South Asian history ca. 700 BC 200 BC National Parole Board Canada Parole Board of Canada , a Canadian government agency disambig it NPB nl NPB ja NPB ... more details
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- YARV
in The Computer Language Benchmarks Game Ruby 1.9.0 YARV versus Ruby 1.8.6 http shootout.alioth.debian.org u32 benchmark.php?test all&lang yarv&lang2 ruby YARV in The Computer Language Benchmarks Game ... more details
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- SAP Application Performance Standard
primarysources date October 2009 The SAP Application Performance Standard , known as SAPS is a unit of measurement that describes the performance throughput result of a SAP system configuration. This hardware independent unit is based on the SAP Sales and Distribution SD Benchmark. It is defined as 2,000 fully processed order line items per hour 100 SAPS This throughput corresponds to 6,000 processed dialog steps screen changes , 2,000 postings per hour in the SD benchmark, or 2,400 SAP transactions. External links http www.sap.com benchmark SAP Standard Application Benchmarks . http www.sap.com solutions benchmark glossary.epx SAPS SAP Standard Application Benchmarks Glossary . Category SAP company Application Performance Standard computer stub ... more details
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- IBoxx
The iBoxx bond market indices are benchmarks for professional use and comprise liquid investment grade bond issues. ref Credit derivatives application, pricing, and risk management by G nter Meissner 2005 ISBN 1405126760 page 12 ref They enable investors to analyse and select benchmarks that reflect their investment profile. They are used for fixed income research, asset allocation and performance evaluation. Underlying bond prices and indices are available in real time for Euro and Sterling and end of day for USD and Asia. See also iTraxx Sources Reflist External links http www.markit.com en products data indices bond indices iboxx iboxx.page Markit iBoxx Category Bond market indices finance stub de IBoxx ... more details
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- RPerf
Orphan date August 2011 rPerf is a computer benchmark that evaluates the relative OLTP performance of servers based on the IBM Power processor. It is published by IBM and derived from a model based on specific workloads, plus benchmarks from Transaction Processing Performance Council and SPEC . ref cite web url http www.ibmsystemsmag.com aix administrator performance Its All Relative title It s All Relative publisher IBMSystems Magazine accessdate 2011 08 03 ref References references External links http www 03.ibm.com systems power hardware notices rperf.html IBM rPerf Description Page http www 03.ibm.com systems power hardware reports factsfeatures.html Lists of rPerf Values Category Computer benchmarks Category Power Architecture fr RPerf ... more details
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- Owen M. Panner
grew up in the town of Whizbang, Oklahoma Whizbang . ref name benchmarks Van Meter, Heather. http www.usdchs.org news letters 2003 benchmarks 20spring 202003.pdf Judge Owen Panner From Whizbang to the Bench. Oregon Benchmarks , Spring 2003. Retrieved on June 9, 2008. ref His father worked in the oil fields as Owen grew up in the Great Depression and Dust Bowl . ref name benchmarks In his youth, he was an amateur golfer, and won several titles. ref name benchmarks After high school, he enrolled ... and the war effort, serving from 1943 to 1946. ref name fjc ref name benchmarks In the Army, he received .... ref name benchmarks Panner was then stationed in Los Angeles, California , where he worked on the docks coordinating shipments and where he met his first wife Agnes. ref name benchmarks They would marry and have their first child in 1946. ref name benchmarks The family was transferred to New York City where Panner coordinated shipments to Europe after the end of World War II . ref name benchmarks ... graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. ref name fjc ref name benchmarks Legal career Panner ... to live, and the family moved there in 1949. ref name benchmarks In 1950, he entered private legal ..., including as general counsel for the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs . ref name benchmarks ... of Indian Affairs under President John F. Kennedy . ref name benchmarks A trial lawyer, he ... Judges Helen J. Frye and James A. Redden also joined the court that same year. ref name benchmarks ... on a reduced schedule, and sits in on federal Court of Appeals cases. ref name benchmarks The Oregon ... June 9, 2008. ref He had four children and later remarried to Nancy. ref name benchmarks Panner is a trustee ... more details
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- Giga-updates per second
Giga updates per second GUPS is a measure of computer performance . GUPS is a measurement of how frequently a computer can issue updates to randomly generated Random access memory RAM locations. GUPS measurements stress the latency and especially Bandwidth computing bandwidth capabilities of a machine. External links http icl.cs.utk.edu projectsfiles hpcc RandomAccess RandomAccess , an HPC Challenge Benchmark for measuring GUPS. Compu hardware stub Category Computer benchmarks ... more details
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- Benchmark (surveying)
horizontally, and are also sometimes used as elevation benchmarks. Prominent features on buildings ..., and therefore the marks are usually regarded as fixed in three dimensions . Agencies responsible for benchmarks Benchmarks are typically placed monumented by a government agency or private survey firm ... agencies that place and maintain records of benchmarks include Canada Natural Resources Canada Geodetic ... of Toronto benchmark disk in Canada . gallery See also commons Trig points and benchmarks benchmarking geolocating Benchmarking &mdash a recreational activity in which participants search for benchmarks ... types of UK benchmark http benchmarks.scaredycatfilms.com US NGS Benchmarks overlaid on a Google Map http www.heritageandhistory.com contents1a 2010 05 bench marks and levelling points Benchmarks ... more details
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- SPECint
between the two numbers. As the SPEC benchmarks are distributed as source code , it is up to the party performing the test to compile this code. There is agreement that the benchmarks should ... all CPUs to be used is known as SPECint rate2006, also called CINT2006 Rate . Benchmarks ... performance of the system. The benchmarks are class wikitable Benchmark Programming language Language ... Computer benchmarks bs CINT2006 ... more details
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- IBench
lowercase title iBench iBench is a discontinued web browser test suite written in Active Server Pages ASP and JavaScript by Lionbridge , VeriTest and PC Magazine . According to Apple most respected browser benchmarks there are available Citation Steve Jobs WWDC 2007 . To run the full test the server must be running MySQL , Internet Information Services IIS 5.0 or higher, Helix project , Windows Media Services and Darwin Streaming Server . The last version was iBench 5.0 and was released some time around November 2003 file date is 13 November 2003 05 15 , the package bears PC Magazine s logo. As of 2006 iBench 4.0 and 5.0 can be downloaded from the Ziff Davis Media s PC Magazine FTP. At the 2007 Worldwide Developers Conference , Steve Jobs used a modified version of iBench 5.0 to show the render speed of Safari web browser Safari 3.0 versus Internet Explorer 7 on Windows XP . External links ftp ftp.pcmag.com benchmarks i bench iBench download Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Ibench Category Browsers ru IBench ... more details
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- Sunshine State Standards
The Sunshine State Standards are broad statements that describe what a child should know and be able to do at every grade level. ref cite web url http www.fldoe.org bii curriculum sss sss1996.asp title Sunshine State Standards accessdate 2008 09 19 publisher Florida Department of Education ref These standards cover seven content areas social studies, science, language arts, health physical education, the arts, foreign language, and mathematics. The standards are divided into smaller units called benchmarks, which outline the specific content, knowledge, and skills that students are expected to learn in school. Each student s performance on Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test FCAT Reading, Writing, Mathematics, and Science tests indicates his or her progress in reaching these benchmarks. The curriculum of most Public school government funded public schools in the State of Florida and the FCAT are based upon this state system. ref cite web url http intech2000.miamisci.org sss aboutsunshine.html title Introduction to the Sunshine State Standards accessdate 2008 09 19 publisher In Tech 2000 Forum ref Development of the Sunshine State Standards began in 1993, and the standards were adopted by the Florida Board of Education in May 1996. The Sunshine State Standards contain more challenging material than previous state standards, which focused on minimum competencies. References reflist Category Education in Florida ... more details
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- Benchmark
Wiktionary benchmark Benchmark may refer to TOCright Geology Benchmark surveying , a point of reference for a measurement Benchmarking geolocating , an activity involving finding benchmarks Benchmark crude oil , used in pricing crude oil Technology Benchmark computing , the result of running a computer program to assess performance Other uses Benchmarking , evaluating performance in organizations Benchmark Capital , a venture capital firm Benchmark Electronics , an electronics manufacturer See also Specification technical standard disambiguation fr Benchmark de Bezugswert ko it Benchmark pl Benchmark ru ... more details
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- Fhourstones
Fhourstones is an integer benchmark that efficiently solves positions in the game of Connect Four Connect 4 . Available in both ANSI C and Java, it is quite portable and compact under 500 lines of source , and uses 50Mb of memory. The benchmark involves after warming up on 3 easier positions solving the entire game, which takes about ten minutes on contemporary PCs. Fhourstones was named as a pun on Dhrystone . dhry sounds exactly like drei, German for three, so fhourstones is like dhrystone External links http www.cwi.nl tromp c4 fhour.html Fhourstones homepage Category Computer benchmarks ... more details
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- File:A1a at ksc small.jpg
Summary UNCONFIRMED ROAD ALIGNMENTS. These alignments have not been confirmed by the Florida Department of Transportation. They are based upon historical information provided in benchmarks of the National Geodetic Survey. Reports are provided on the recovery or finding the mark. They include driving directions which normally include local and state road names. Background is a composite of USGS images. Data researched by Gerald McMillen through http data.labins.org . Possible alignments added by Gerald McMillen. Released into the public domain. It is requested that distribution be limited until confirmation by the Florida Department of Transportation. User Mcmillen76 Mcmillen76 04 16, 31 October 2005 UTC Licensing PD self date October 2005 Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Fbot ... more details
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- HPC Challenge Benchmark
website. Class 2 Most elegant implementation of four or more of the HPC Challenge benchmarks ref Cite ... HPC Challenge Award Competition Official Website Category Computer benchmarks Category Supercomputers ... more details
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- Ecological Vegetation Class
EVC Benchmarks for each Bioregion Category Flora of Victoria Australia ecology stub ... more details
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- Web server benchmarking
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- SPECfp
200 4 100 is 32.8 faster than the reference machine in running the 126.gcc ref name Benchmarks ... 2010 06 16 accessdate 2010 07 25 ref replacing SEPCfp2000 as of February 2007 ref name SPECfp2000 . Benchmarks The benchmarks programs are ref cite web url http www.spec.org cpu2006 CFP2006 title CFP2006 ... SEPCfp95 as of July 2000 ref name SPECfp95 . This suite is currently retired. Benchmarks The benchmarks ... 1995 ref name SPECfp95 . This suite is currently retired. Benchmarks The benchmarks programs are ref cite web url http www.spec.org cpu95 CFP95 title SPEC CFP95 Benchmarks date 2003 09 26 accessdate ... From Gaussian series of quantum chemistry benchmarks. 146.wave5 Maxwell s equations. SPECfp92 The SPECfp92 ... baseline.txt date 2003 09 26 accessdate 2010 07 25 ref . This suite is currently retired. Benchmarks The benchmarks programs are ref cite web url http www.spec.org cpu92 cfp92.html title CFP92 Benchmarks ... References Reflist refs ref name Benchmarks cite web url http www.mrob.com pub comp benchmarks spec.html title The SPEC Benchmarks date 2003 02 03 accessdate 2010 07 24 ref ref name SPECfp2000 cite ... ref name SPECfp95 cite web url http www.spec.org cpu95 title SPEC CPU95 Benchmarks date 2003 09 23 accessdate 2010 07 25 ref ref name SPECfp92 cite web url http www.spec.org cpu92 title SPEC CPU92 Benchmarks ... Component of SPEC CPU92 Category Computer benchmarks bs CFP2006 ... more details
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