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PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS [2 records]

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Record 1 2017-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
DEF

A statement of the desired operation or function of a product or process that does not specify the material from which the product must be constructed.

CONT

Performance specifications define the work by the results desired. ... This type of specification gives the contractor complete freedom to employ his knowledge and experience to provide the itemized results. He will engineer the end product ... and assemble the various components to comply with the specification.

OBS

performance specification: term standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • performance specifications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)
DEF

Document spécifiant les exigences relatives à la fonction d'une construction, et qui est généralement distinct pour les travaux de construction et d'installation. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

CONT

Les dossiers constituant les programmes des ouvrages indépendants seront élaborés à partir du dossier d'ensemble de l'opération, pour l'essentiel sous forme d'extraits, complétés par les données, les contraintes, les exigences, les spécifications fonctionnelles et techniques propres à l'ouvrage concerné, les interfaces avec les autres maîtres d'œuvre différents et par un volet particulier permettant d'assurer et de vérifier la cohérence avec le dossier d'ensemble de l'opération.

OBS

spécifications fonctionnelles : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • spécification fonctionnelle
  • caractéristique technique de performance

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Systems Analysis (Information Processing)
DEF

A requirement that specifies a performance characteristic that a system or system component must possess; for example, speed, accuracy, frequency.

CONT

Pilot run product testing ... must do more than establish the product meets applicable industry standards. It must also meet or exceed the performance requirements set when the project originated.

CONT

... to be satisfactory, the design must meet the required performance specifications. ... A common failing in problem definition is to overemphasize the specification of ... performance parameters ... [ rather than] the functions the design should have....

OBS

A "performance requirement" is not a "functional requirement". See the record for this latter term.

Key term(s)
  • performance requirements
  • performance specifications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse des systèmes informatiques
DEF

Exigence qui spécifie une caractéristique de performance que doit posséder un système ou un élément de système; par exemple, la vitesse, l'exactitude, la fréquence.

CONT

Les spécifications du produit sont les performances que devra avoir le produit tout au long de sa vie.

Key term(s)
  • exigences de performance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Análisis de los sistemas de informática
DEF

Valor, condición o criterio operativo que define la operación aceptable de un sistema y subsistemas de computadora (ordenador).

OBS

El sistema de computadora debe llenar los requisitos mínimos para el tiempo de respuesta en línea, tiempo de operaciones y tamaño de los registros o archivos (ficheros).

Key term(s)
  • requisitos de la ejecución
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