Benchmark may refer to:
Business and economics
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Benchmarking
Benchmarking is the practice of comparing business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies. Dimensions typically measured are quality, time and cost.
Benchmarking is used to measure performan ...
, evaluating performance within organizations
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Benchmark price Benchmark price (BP) is the price per unit of quantity in a specific segment of the international marketplace, set by the country or producers' organization that consistently exports the largest quantity or volume in a marketplace such as the Londo ...
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Benchmark (crude oil), oil-specific practices
Science and technology
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Benchmark (surveying), a point of known elevation marked for the purpose of surveying
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Benchmarking (geolocating)
Benchmarking, also known as benchmark hunting, is a hobby activity in which participants find benchmarks (also known as survey markers or geodetic control points). The term "bench mark" is used only to refer to survey markers that designate a ce ...
, an activity involving finding benchmarks
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Benchmark (computing), the result of running a computer program to assess performance
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gold standard test in medicine and statistics
Companies
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Benchmark Electronics
Benchmark Electronics Inc is an EMS, ODM, and OEM company based in Tempe, Arizona in the Phoenix metropolitan area.Worldwide Locations > The Americas > New Hampshire Benchmark Electronics Official Site Singapore; Suzhou, China.; , an electronics manufacturer
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Benchmark (venture capital firm), a venture capital firm
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Benchmark Recordings
Benchmark Recordings is a record label that was founded in 2000 by music industry veterans Bill Coben and Denny Bruce.
The initial catalog included the first four albums by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, which were originally released in the late 19 ...
, a music label with CDs by the Fabulous Thunderbirds and Mike Bloomfield
Other uses
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''Benchmarking'' (journal), a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal relating to the field of quality management
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McAfee's Benchmark
McAfee's Benchmark is a brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey produced by the Sazerac Company at its Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. The full name of the brand that appears on the bottle is "McAfee's Benchmark Old No. 8 Bran ...
, a brand of bourbon
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''Benchmark'' (game show), on UK Channel 4
See also
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Specification (technical standard)
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