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1. PROFILE
   Simple language for matching and scoring data. 'User's Manual for the PROFILE System', Cambridge Computer Assoc (May 1974). [Jargon File]
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2. 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 ...
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3. Profile
   Flat Alternative to the cut-out flat.
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4. Profile
   Aggregated data in formats that display patterns of health care services over a defined period of time.
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5. Profile
   A vertical section of a soil through all its horizons.
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6. profile
   [n] - a side view representation of an object (especially a human face) 2. [n] - a vertical section of the Earth`s crust showing the different horizons or layers 3. [n] - a graph representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics 4. [n] - biographical sket...
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7. Profile
   Plywood or other thin material covered with canvas or scrim, used for forming non-straight edges to wings, groundrows etc.
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8. Profile
   The shape of a bell. Has a very significant effect on the timbre or sound quality of a bell. Intensity profile is something different; this is the term I use to describe the differing intensities of the various partials.
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9. Profile
   A profile based on the assessment results, which provides a clear visual check on each pupil`s performance in an assessment or series/battery of assessment. Performance in successive testings can be compared and skills can be contrasted with abilities.
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10. Profile
    Common characteristics of a group of subscribers
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11. profile
    In portraiture, a side view of the face. The profile was used on ancient coins and medallions, and became particularly popular in ...
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12. Profile
    Cross section shape. (The term is commonly used for cladding sheets and decking.)
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13. profile
    Anchor pattern on a surface produced by abrasive blasting or acid treatment.
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14. profile
    a set of parameters defining the way in which a device acts.In the LAN world,a profile is often used by one or more workstations to determine the connection they will have with other devices.Profiles work like batch files,executing a number of commands to save a user time and effort Category: New...
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15. Profile
    The outline or contour of an object.
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16. Profile
    An ICC description of a particular imaging input or output device that allows the Colour Management Software to apply the proper transformations to the image file to match the specific limitation of the device.
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17. Profile
    Pro'file noun [ Italian profilo , from Latin pro before + filum a thread, an outline, shape: confer French profil . See File arow, and confer Purfle , Purl , a fringe.] 1. An outline, or contou...
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18. Profile
    Pro'file transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Profiled ; present participle & verbal noun Profiling ] [ Confer French profiler , Italian profilare . See Profile<...
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19. profile
    Vertical section of the soil through all its horizons and extending into the parent material. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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20. profile
    noun biographical sketch
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21. profile
    noun a vertical section of the Earth`s crust showing the different horizons or layers
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22. Profile
    • (n.) A section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of moldings and the like. • (n.) To shape the outline of an object by passing a cutter around it. • (n.) A drawing exhibiting a vertical section of the ground along a surveyed line, or gr...
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23. profile
    profile, profiles, profiled 1. A biographical essay presenting a person's most remarkable characteristics and accomplishments. 2. A side view of an object or structure; especially, of a human head. 3. A representation of an object or structure seen from the side. 4. An outline of an object. 5. A...
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24. Profile
    A type of spotlight (qv), with an optical system rather like a projector which produces a narrow, hard-edged beam of light.
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25. Profile
    In architecture a profile is a section of any member, made at right angles with its main lines, showing the exact shape of mouldings and the like.
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