flamegraph

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noun

A visual representation of hierarchical data used to analyze system and application performance metrics.

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Meanings

nounflamegraph (plural flamegraphs)

plural flamegraphs · alternative flame graph

  1. computingA visual representation of hierarchical data used to analyze system and application performance metrics.

    We spent many hours running benchmarks, poring over flamegraphs, and digging through internal Node.js code.

    2021, I. I. Thomas Hunter, Bryan English, “Preface”, in Multithreaded JavaScript, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page xi

Origin

From flame + graph.

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APA

flamegraph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamegraph

MLA

“flamegraph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamegraph. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flamegraph,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamegraph.

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