Profile 1538175 215106936 2008-05-26T19:05:06Z DumZiBoT 6085301 robot Adding: [[sk:Profil]] {{wiktionarypar|profile}} '''Profile''' may refer to: * Profile, the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object * Profile [[photography]], a portrait outlining the side view of a person, animal or inanimate object * [[Profile (album)|Profile]], an instrumental guitar album by [[Jan Akkerman]] * [[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 [[plot]]ted line which indicates [[Grade (slope)|grades]] and [[distance]]s (and typically [[depth]]s of [[cut]]s and/or [[elevation]]s of [[fill]]s) for [[excavation]] and [[Grading (construction)|grading]] work. A profile can also indicate the vertical [[Slope#Slope of a road, etc.|slope(s)]] (changes in elevation) in a [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]] or similar [[structure]]. :** [[Rail profile]] * In [[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 analysis]] * Profile, [[Configuration file|configuration]] settings and other data associated with an individual user or with a group ** Profile, personal information about a user in [[instant messaging]] and [[online chat]] applications ** [[User profile]], a feature of the Microsoft Windows operating system * [[Demographic profile]]: information about a person or a market segment, as used for example by advertisers * The [[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 [[Ellipsoidal reflector spotlight|Profile spot]] is a type of lighting fixture. * In the [[Unified Modeling Language]], a [[profile (UML)|profile]] provides a generic extension mechanism for building UML models. * [[Profile Entertainment]], a record label * [[Profile Records]], a record label '''ProFile''' may refer to: * [[ProFile]], the name of a hard drive produced by Apple Computer * '''Profile''', A type of Professional Disk Recorder -PDR a [[Hard disk recorder]] from [[Grass Valley (company)]] '''Profiles''' may refer to: *''[[Profiles]]'', a 1985 album by [[Nick Mason]] and [[Rick Fenn]] ==See also== * [[Offender profiling]] {{disambig-cleanup}} [[de:Profil]] [[es:Perfil]] [[he:פרופיל]] [[ja:プロフィール]] [[pl:Profil]] [[sk:Profil]] [[sv:Profil]]