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| developer = HP Networking Performance Team and others

| latest release version = 2.7.0

| latest release date = {{releasestart date and age|2015|07|20}}

| status = active

| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]

| programming language = [[C (programming language)|C]]

| genre = [[Bandwidth management]]

| license = [[MIT License|MIT]]

| website = {{URL|https://hewlettpackard.github.io/netperf/}}

| repo = {{URL|https://www.github.com/HewlettPackard/netperf}}

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'''Netperf''' is a software application that provides [[network bandwidth]] testing between two hosts on a network. It supports [[Unix ___domain socket]]s, [[Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]], [[SCTP]], [[DLPI]] and UDP via BSD Sockets.<ref>{{cite conference | title=Algorithms and Architectures for Parallel Processing | publisher=Springer |author1=Sang-Soo Yeo |author2=Jong Hyuk Park |author3=Ching-Hsien Hsu |author4=Laurence Tianruo Yang | year=2010 | conference=10th International Conference, ICA3PP | pages=372 | isbn=9783642131189}}</ref> Netperf provides a number of predefined tests e.g. to measure bulk (unidirectional) data transfer or request response performance.