profile

profile
    n 1: an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the
         extent to which something exhibits various characteristics;
         "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile
         of serial killers"
    2: an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from
       one side)
    3: biographical sketch
    4: degree of exposure to public notice; "that candidate does not
       have sufficient visibility to win an election" [syn:
       {visibility}, {profile}]
    5: a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different
       horizons or layers
    v 1: write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous
         painter"
    2: represent in profile, by drawing or painting
    

Profile \Pro"file\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Profiled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Profiling}] [Cf. F. profiler, It. profilare. See
   {Profile}, n.]
   1. to draw the outline of; to draw in profile, as an
      architectural member.
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   2. (Mech.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a
      cutter around it.
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   {Profiling machine}, a jigging machine.
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Profile \Pro"file\, n. [It. profilo, fr. L. pro before + filum a
   thread, an outline, shape: cf. F. profil. See {File} arow,
   and cf. {Purfle}, {Purl}, a fringe.]
   1. An outline, or contour; as, the profile of an apple.
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   2. (Paint & Sculp.) A human head represented sidewise, or in
      a side view; the side face or half face.
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   3.
      (a) (Arch.) A section of any member, made at right angles
          with its main lines, showing the exact shape of
          moldings and the like.
      (b) (Civil Engin.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section
          of the ground along a surveyed line, or graded work,
          as of a railway, showing elevations, depressions,
          grades, etc.
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profile
 n.

   1. A control file for a program, esp. a text file automatically read
   from each user's home directory and intended to be easily modified by
   the user in order to customize the program's behavior. Used to avoid
   {hardcoded} choices (see also {dot file}, {rc file}).

   2. [techspeak] A report on the amounts of time spent in each routine
   of a program, used to find and {tune} away the {hot spot}s in it. This
   sense is often verbed. Some profiling modes report units other than
   time (such as call counts) and/or report at granularities other than
   per-routine, but the idea is similar. 3.[techspeak] A subset of a
   standard used for a particular purpose. This sense confuses hackers
   who wander into the weird world of ISO standards no end!
    

PROFILE

   Simple language for matching and scoring data.  "User's Manual
   for the PROFILE System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (May 1974).

   [{Jargon File}]
    

profile

   1. A control file for a program, especially a text file
   automatically read from each user's home directory and
   intended to be easily modified by the user in order to
   customise the program's behaviour.  Used to avoid {hard-coded}
   choices (see also {dot file}, {rc file}).

   2. A report on the amounts of time spent in each routine of a
   program, used to find and {tune} away the {hot spots} in it.
   This sense is often verbed.  Some profiling modes report units
   other than time (such as call counts) and/or report at
   granularities other than per-routine, but the idea is similar.
    

146 Moby Thesaurus words for "profile":
      Clio, Muse of history, adventures, analysis, annals, autobiography,
      bank, beam, biographical sketch, biography, blueprint, border,
      broad lines, broadside, brouillon, cameo, cartoon, case history,
      catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, characterization,
      chart, cheek, chop, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, coast,
      confessions, configuration, contour, copy, curriculum vitae,
      delineate, delineation, depiction, describe, description, design,
      details, diagram, diary, draft, draw, drawing, ebauche, elevation,
      esquisse, evocation, examination, experiences, features,
      figuration, figure, flank, fortunes, framework, galbe, gestalt,
      graph, graphic account, ground plan, hagiography, hagiology, hand,
      handedness, haunch, head, hip, historiography, history, house plan,
      ichnography, image, imagery, impression, itemization, journal,
      jowl, laterality, legend, life, life and letters, life story, limn,
      limning, line, lineaments, lineation, lines, list, main features,
      many-sidedness, martyrology, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia,
      memorial, memorials, miniature, multilaterality, necrology,
      obituary, outline, particularization, pattern, photobiography,
      photograph, picture, planking, plot, portrait, portraiture,
      portrayal, projection, quarter, record, relief, rendering,
      rendition, representation, resume, rough, shapes, shore, side,
      siding, silhouette, skeleton, sketch, specification, statistics,
      story, study, survey, table, temple, theory of history, tournure,
      unilaterality, vignette, vivid description, word painting,
      working drawing