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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 (Spacemen 3 album), an album by Spacemen 3
• 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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