====== Instrumentation ======
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**Instrumentation** is an ability to monitor or measure the level of a product's performance, to diagnose errors, and to write trace information. Programmers implement instrumentation in the form of code instructions that monitor specific components in a system (for example, instructions may output logging information to appear on screen). When an [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:a:application]] contains instrumentation code, it can be managed using a management tool. Instrumentation is necessary to review the performance of the application. Instrumentation approaches can be of two types:

  * [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:s:source_instrumentation]]
  * [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:binary_instrumentation]]

Source: [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8755211/what-is-meant-by-the-term-instrumentation ]]


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