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  • adjective jargon Capable of or characterized by an adequate or excellent level of performance or efficiency.
  • adjective Of or relating to performance
  • noun Someone who performs something, such as a ritual

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From French

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Examples

  • Your next challenge is to erase every Microsoft instance of the non-word 'performant'!

    MSDN Blogs 2009

  • As I lay out in my slides, building a successful - and sustainable - data-driven enterprise is so much more than simply having better algorithms or a more performant box: It takes great people with data DNA and a model that creates competitive moats around the business.

    Roger Ehrenberg: How To Create A Data-Driven Startup Roger Ehrenberg 2011

  • As I lay out in my slides, building a successful - and sustainable - data-driven enterprise is so much more than simply having better algorithms or a more performant box: It takes great people with data DNA and a model that creates competitive moats around the business.

    Roger Ehrenberg: How To Create A Data-Driven Startup Roger Ehrenberg 2011

  • Instead, they have to be thinking of something like the Dell E6400 — rugged, performant under extreme conditions, etc.

    US Army Only Wants A Few Good Apps | Manolith 2010

  • Are they just throwing more hardware at the problem, or is their engine just more performant?

    MSN/Live Webmaster Portal in Private Beta 2007

  • But his young borther Nabaztag/Tag is much more performant.

    Twitter tweet « Dyepot, Teapot 2006

  • Pilots for educational technology are usually the best schools = usually perceived as over-hyped and under-performant.

    Sugata Mitra: Outdoctrination (Hole in the Wall) — Climb to the Stars 2007

  • I suspect the site is sitting on a badly designed architecture and would require a significant re-design to make it performant and scalable. reply

    The Speed Of Share MG Siegler 2005

  • As a translator, I have to be really careful not to stick in a “normally” here and a “performant” there.

    a nice bit of crumpet 2004

  • Je pense que l'informatique est un moyen performant et totalement nécessaire pour fabriquer des livres mais je suis une fervente défenseur du plaisir de tenir un livre dans sa main, de l'emporter partout avec soi, de l'annoter, de le prêter, de le reprendre, de le feuilleter, de glisser page 38 mon marque-page préféré ...

    Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

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