Tools
In the diagnostic case, software engineers use tools such as profilers to measure what parts of a device or software contributes most to the poor performance or to establish throughput levels (and thresholds) for maintained acceptable response time.
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“The study of tools as well as of books should have a place in the public schools. Tools, machinery, and the implements of the farm should be made familiar to every boy, and suitable industrial education should be furnished for every girl.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
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—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)