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Learning Android Application Testing
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Learning Android Application Testing

by Paul Blundell
March 2015
Beginner to intermediate
274 pages
6h 1m
English
Packt Publishing
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Microbenchmarks

Benchmarking is the act of running a computer program or operation in order to compare operations in a way that produces quantitative results, normally by running a set of tests and trials against them.

Benchmarks can be organized in the following two big categories:

  • Macrobenchmarks
  • Microbenchmarks

Macrobenchmarks exist as a means to compare different platforms in specific areas such as processor speed, number of floating-point operations per unit of time, graphics and 3D performance, and so on. They are normally used against hardware components, but can also be used to test software-specific areas, such as compiler optimization or algorithms.

As opposed to these traditional macrobenchmarks, a microbenchmark attempts to measure the ...

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