different between performance vs exploit

English

Alternative forms

• performaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

perform +? -ance

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?r-fôr?-m?ns, IPA^(key): /p??.?f??.m?ns/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [p?.?f??.m?ns]
• Hyphenation: per?for?mance

Noun

performance (countable and uncountable, plural performances)

1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
2. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act; a feat; especially, an action of an elaborate or public character.
3. (art) A live show or concert.
4. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

5. (linguistics) The actual use of language in concrete situations by native speakers of a language, as opposed to the system of linguistic knowledge they possess (competence), cf. w:linguistic performance.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "performance": high, poor, improved, superior, excellent, good, peak, top, optimal, low, economic, academic, financial, musical, human, environmental, vocal, cognitive, dynamic, organizational, historical, physical, social, mechanical, electrical, mental, macroeconomic.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• high-performance
• low-performance
• performance art

Related terms

• performant

Descendants

Translations

References

• performance at OneLook Dictionary Search
• performance in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• performance in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Etymology

From English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /per?f?rm?ns/

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance (a live show or concert)

Further reading

• “performance” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.f??.m??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. (sports) performance

Further reading

• “performance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Noun

performance f (invariable)

1. performance

Synonyms

• (the act of performing) esecuzione
• (accomplishment) prestazione, rendimento
• (show) esibizione

Further reading

• performance in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• perfórmance (uncommon)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pe?.?f??.m??.si/

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance (amount of useful work accomplished by someone or something)

   Synonym: desempenho

Further reading

• “performance” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English performance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe??fo?mans/, [pe??fo?.mãns]

Noun

performance f (plural performances)

1. performance art
2. performance (amount of useful work accomplished)

Further reading

• “performance” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).

Pronunciation

• (noun) enPR: ?ks'ploit, IPA^(key): /??kspl??t/
• (verb) enPR: ?ksploit', IPA^(key): /?ks?pl??t/
• Rhymes: -??t

Noun

exploit (plural exploits)

1. A heroic or extraordinary deed.
2. An achievement.

3. (computing) A program or technique that exploits a vulnerability in other software.
   • 2004, Rob Shein, Zero-Day Exploit: Countdown to Darkness, Syngress (?ISBN), page xxi:

     One of the more publicized cases that involved a zero-day exploit concerned the compromise of some U.S. military web servers. The attack involved exploiting a buffer overflow vulnerability in a core Windows component; […]

   • 2015, Joxean Koret, Elias Bachaalany, The Antivirus Hacker's Handbook (page 148)

     For example, you can create PE files that are valid PDF exploits or valid ZIP files, valid JPG files, and so on.

Translations

Verb

exploit (third-person singular simple present exploits, present participle exploiting, simple past and past participle exploited)

1. (transitive) To use for one’s own advantage.

   Synonyms: take advantage of, use

2. (transitive) To forcibly deprive someone of something to which she or he has a natural right.

Translations

Anagrams

• Polexit, ex-pilot

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old French esploit (noun), esploitier (verb).

Alternative forms

• exploot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ks?plo?t/

Noun

exploit n (plural exploiten, diminutive exploitje n)

1. (law) A legal document which proves that another document has been handed over to a certain person.

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: eksploit

Etymology 2

From English exploit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kspl?i?t/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits, diminutive exploitje n)

1. (computing) exploit

French

Etymology

Deverbal of exploiter. Corresponds with Old French espleit; cf. Latin explicitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.splwa/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. exploit, feat

Synonyms

• performance

Related terms

• exploitable
• exploitant
• exploitation
• exploiter
• exploiteur

Descendants

• ? Italian: exploit

Further reading

• “exploit” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exploit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eks?plwa/

Noun

exploit m (invariable)

1. exploit, feat

   Synonyms: impresa, performance, prestazione

Further reading

• exploit in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Middle French

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. use; usage

Related terms

• exploiter

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English exploit.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /eks.?pl?jt??/

Noun

exploit m (plural exploits)

1. (computer security) exploit (security vulnerability in a computer system)