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==Data granularity in profiler types==
Profilers, which are also programs themselves, analyze target programs by collecting information on their execution. Based on their data granularity, on how profilers collect information, they are classified into event based or statistical profilers. Profilers interrupt program execution to collect information, which may result in a limited resolution in the time measurements, which should be taken with a grain of salt. [[Basic block]] profilers report a number of machine [[cycles per instruction|clock cycles]] devoted to executing each line of code, or a timing based on adding these together; the timings reported per basic block may not reflect a difference between [[CPU cache|cache]] hits and misses.<ref>{{cite web| work=OpenStax CNX Archive| title=Timing and Profiling - Basic Block Profilers| url=https://archive.cnx.org/contents/d29c016a-2960-4fc9-b431-9eda881a28f5@3/timing-and-profiling-basic-block-profilers#id6897344}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| last1=Ball| first1=Thomas| last2=Larus| first2=James R.| journal=ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
===Event-based profilers===
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