different between bottleneck vs profiler

English

Etymology

bottle +? neck

Noun

bottleneck (plural bottlenecks)

2. The narrow portion that forms the pouring spout of a bottle; the neck of a bottle.
4. (figuratively) In traffic, any narrowing of the road, especially resulting in a delay.
5. (by extension) The part of a process that is too slow or cumbersome.

Derived terms

• genetic bottleneck / population bottleneck
• postbottleneck
• prebottleneck

Translations

Verb

bottleneck (third-person singular simple present bottlenecks, present participle bottlenecking, simple past and past participle bottlenecked)

1. (transitive) To slow by causing a bottleneck.

2. (intransitive) To form a bottleneck.

Translations

Further reading

• bottleneck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bottleneck at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

profile +? -er

Noun

profiler (plural profilers)

1. A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
2. A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
3. (computing) A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
   • 2006, Dr. Dobb's Journal

     […] a complete and intuitive profiler that supports numerous types of profiling modes and profilable applications.

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See also

• profilist

Anagrams

• pro-lifer, prolifer

French

Etymology

profil +? -er

Verb

profiler

1. To profile

Conjugation

Derived terms

• profilage
• profileur

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

profiler m

1. indefinite plural of profil

Verb

profiler

1. imperative of profilere

Swedish

Noun

profiler

1. indefinite plural of profil