Spec

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:



  SPEC
       System Performance Evaluation Corporation (org., RISC)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SPEC
       
           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 {benchmark}s 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 (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  spec
       
          {specification}
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)].