SPEC

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

spec
    n 1: a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of
         work [syn: {specification}, {spec}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Spec

   A specification language.  It expresses {black box} interface
   specifications for large distributed systems with {real-time}
   constraints.  It incorporates conceptual models, {inheritance}
   and the event model.  It is a descendant of {MSG.84}.

   ["An Introduction to the Specification Language Spec",
   V. Berzins et al, IEEE Software 7(2):74-84 (Mar 1990)].

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

SPEC

   <benchmark, body> Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.

   A non-profit corporation registered in California formed to
   "establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of
   relevant {benchmarks} that can be applied to the newest
   generation of high-performance computers" (from SPEC's
   bylaws).  The founders believe that the user community will
   benefit greatly from an objective series of
   applications-oriented tests, which can serve as common
   reference points and be considered during the evaluation
   process.

   SPEC develops suites of {benchmarks} intended to measure
   computer performance.  These are available to the public for a
   fee covering development and administration costs.

   The current (14 Nov 94) SPEC benchmark suites are: {CINT92}
   (CPU intensive integer benchmarks); {CFP92} (CPU intensive
   floating-point benchmarks); SDM (UNIX Software Development
   Workloads); SFS (System level file server (NFS) workload).

   Results (ftp://ftp.cdf.toronto.edu/pub/spectable).

   SPEC also publishes a quarterly report of SPEC news and
   results, The SPEC Newsletter.  Some issues are here
   (http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/spec.html).

   There is a FAQ about SPEC here
   (http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/specfaq.html).

   (1994-11-14)

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

specification
spec

   <jargon> (spec) A document describing how some system should
   work.

   (2001-02-06)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

SPEC
       System Performance Evaluation Corporation (org., RISC)