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Plate TERM·031 · TermGrid C6 · Rev. 2026-08-14

Benchmark

A starting measurement so you can tell whether things improved.

TermCraft conventionFoundational

Definition

A measurement taken to establish a baseline against which future change is compared.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

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  1. 1Definition
  2. 2Local chart
  3. 3Continue from here

In plain language

A starting measurement so you can tell whether things improved.

Example

Measuring task success and time before a redesign, so the after figures mean something.

Local chart

TERM·031 · Region X · Grid C6

This entry and the entries it is stated to connect with. Each line is labelled with what the connection means.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Deeper reading

The full entry behind this definition.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.