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/proh"fuy ling/, n.the use of specific characteristics, as race or age, to make generalizations about a person, as whether he or she may be engaged in illegal activity.
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profiling — pro‧fil‧ing [ˈprəʊfaɪlɪŋ ǁ ˈproʊ ] noun [uncountable] the activity of collecting information about someone or something ˈcompetency ˌprofiling HUMAN RESOURCES a process which is intended to find out which skills, knowledge etc are needed to be… … Financial and business terms
Profiling — Profiling, the extrapolation of information about something, based on known qualities, may refer specifically to: * Stereotypes * Offender profiling * Racial profiling * Gender bias * Cultural bias * Performance analysis in (software engineering) … Wikipedia
Profiling — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda En ingeniería de software el análisis de performance, comúnmente llamado profiling, es la investigación del comportamiento de un programa de computadora usando información reunida del análisis dinámico del programa… … Wikipedia Español
profiling — pro·fil·ing n: the practice of singling out persons for law enforcement procedures on the basis of predetermined characteristics; specif: the discriminatory practice of profiling based on race or ethnicity racial profiling Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
Profiling — Pro fil*ing, n. (Fort.) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Profiling — Profiling. См. Фасонная обработка. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
profiling — [prō′fīl΄iŋ] n. the practice or method of preparing a set of characteristics belonging to a certain class or group of people or things by which to identify individuals as belonging to such a class or group, as to detain for investigation of a… … English World dictionary
Profiling — Profilage criminel Pour l’article homonyme, voir Profiler. Le profilage criminel, ou analyse comportementale, est une méthode permettant à des enquêteurs de déterminer le profil psychologique d un criminel. Aux États Unis, cette… … Wikipédia en Français
Profiling — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) To shape the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profiling — noun Date: 1980 the act or process of extrapolating information about a person based on known traits or tendencies < consumer profiling >; specifically the act of suspecting or targeting a person on the basis of observed characteristics or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Profiling — Der Begriff Profiling bezeichnet: in der Kriminalistik die Erstellung eines Täterprofils durch einen Profiler (Kriminalistik) im Marketing die Erstellung von Kundenprofilen im Zielmarketing durch Kundenprofiler in der Programmierung die Analyse… … Deutsch Wikipedia
