1. people who create psychological profiles of criminals or suspects based on behavioral analysis
Usage: law enforcement; criminology
2. software tools that analyze computer program performance to identify bottlenecks or inefficiencies
Usage: computing; technical

Examples

• FBI profilers studied the crime scene to understand the suspect’s behavior.
• The profilers created a detailed psychological portrait of the serial killer.
• Criminal profilers help narrow down suspect lists in complex cases.
• Software profilers revealed that the database queries were slowing down the application.
• The development team used profilers to optimize their code’s memory usage.
• Performance profilers showed which functions consumed the most processing time.