Source : WordNet®

spec
     n : a detailed description of design criteria for a piece of
         work [syn: {specification}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

SPEC
     
         Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation.
     
        A non-profit corporation registered in California formed to
        "establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of
        relevant {benchmarks} that can be applied to the newest
        generation of high-performance computers" (from SPEC's
        bylaws).  The founders believe that the user community will
        benefit greatly from an objective series of
        applications-oriented tests, which can serve as common
        reference points and be considered during the evaluation
        process.
     
        SPEC develops suites of {benchmark}s intended to measure
        computer performance.  These are available to the public for a
        fee covering development and administration costs.
     
        The current (14 Nov 94) SPEC benchmark suites are: {CINT92}
        (CPU intensive integer benchmarks); {CFP92} (CPU intensive
        floating-point benchmarks); SDM (UNIX Software Development
        Workloads); SFS (System level file server (NFS) workload).
     
        {Results (ftp://ftp.cdf.toronto.edu/pub/spectable)}.
     
        SPEC also publishes a quarterly report of SPEC news and
        results, The SPEC Newsletter.  Some issues are {here
        (http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/spec.html)}.
     
        There is a {FAQ} about SPEC {here
        (http://performance.netlib.org/performance/html/specfaq.html)}.
     
        (1994-11-14)

spec
     
        {specification}

Spec
     
        A specification language.  It expresses {black box} interface
        specifications for large distributed systems with {real-time}
        constraints.  It incorporates conceptual models, {inheritance}
        and the event model.  It is a descendant of {MSG.84}.
     
        ["An Introduction to the Specification Language Spec",
        V. Berzins et al, IEEE Software 7(2):74-84 (Mar 1990)].