Performance (disambiguation)

Performance (disambiguation)

A performance art is an event in which one group of people (the performer or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the audience).

Performance may also refer to:
* a ritual in a religious or occult setting
* the execution of an experiment in science, i.e., the carrying out of predetermined actions in a controlled environment
* in linguistics, the act of producing an utterance
* "Performance" (film), a 1970 film starring James Fox and Mick Jagger
* "Performance" (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to the above film
* "Performance Channel", a former UK Cable and Satellite channel
* "Performance" (Spacemen 3 album), an album by Spacemen 3
* "Performance" (DVD), a DVD by Pet Shop Boys chronicling their "Performance" world tour
* Performance, a measurement of some output or behaviour in engineering or computing:
** Network performance
** Computer performance
** Performance testing
** Performance analysis and Performance tuning
** Performance Engineering
* Performance, the activity of a unit (be it individual, team, department, or division) of an organization intended to accomplish some desired result:
** Performance management
** Performance improvement
** Performance problem


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