PROFILE

n. portrait showing a side view of a head and face; silhouette, view showing the outer contours of an object; outline made from a side view

v. present an outline, present a brief description; draw a portrait of a side view of a head and face

Profile may refer to:Profile (engineering):In standardization, a profile consists of an agreed-upon subset and interpretation of a specification.In fabricating, a profile consists of the more-or-less complex outline of a shape to be cut in a sheet of material such as laminated plastic, aluminium alloy or steel plate.In structural engineering a profile means a hot rolled structural steel shape like an I-beam.In civil engineering, a profile consists of a plotted line which indicates grades and distances (and typically depths of cuts and/or elevations of fills) for excavation and grading work. A profile can also indicate the vertical slope(s) (changes in elevation) in a pipeline or similar structure.Rail profileIn game theory, a strategy profile is a specification of strategies for every player in a game.A Wing profile in aerodynamics is a cross-section of a wing showing the curvature of the upper and lower surfaces. Profile, to execute a performance analysisProfile, configuration settings and other data associated with an individual user or with a groupProfile, personal information about a user in instant messaging and online chat applicationsThe FilePro DBMS for Tandy Corporation's TRS-80 computers.Profile (finance) relates to a category of investor behavior (investor profile) or a kind of stock (stock profile)In Technical Theatre, a Profile spot is a type of lighting fixture.In the Unified Modeling Language, a profile provides a generic extension mechanism for building UML models.Profile Entertainment, a record labelProfile Records, a record label
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The ProFile was a hard drive produced by Apple Computer, initially for use with the Apple III personal computer. The original model had a formatted capacity of 5 MBs and connected to a special interface card that plugged into an Apple III slot. In 1983 Apple offered a ProFile interface card for the Apple II, with software support for ProDOS and Apple Pascal.
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In computer networking, the Name/Finger protocol and the Finger user information protocol are simple network protocols for the exchange of human-oriented status and user information.
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Profile /pro·file/ 1. a simple outline, as of the side view of the head or face. 2. a graph, table, or other summary representing quantitatively a [more]Profile - Community and Resources

Noun
1. an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers"
(hypernym) chart
(hyponym) population profile
2. a side view representation of an object (especially a human face)
(hypernym) side view
3. biographical sketch
(hypernym) biography, life, life story, life history
4. degree of exposure to public notice; "that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election"; "he prefers a low profile"
(synonym) visibility
(hypernym) salience, saliency, strikingness
5. a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers
(hypernym) cross section
(hyponym) soil profile
(part-meronym) horizon
Verb
1. write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"
(hypernym) write, compose, pen, indite
(classification) writing, authorship, composition, penning
2. represent in profile, by drawing or painting
(hypernym) represent, interpret

n. profile, portrait showing a side view of a head and face, silhouette