What does benchmarking mean?

Explanation of benchmark

[surveyor's pole; marking pole]

Any kind of graduated rod or ruler used for measurement (such as used in shipbuilding, in surveying) explain measuring instruments in detail. Made of wooden poles painted with red and white segments to indicate measuring points. Jin Jin's "Little Baiyang Wants to Take Over": "A young female intellectual with short braids walked to a place about ten meters away, pointed at her nose, and put up the red and white pole."

Word decomposition

Explanation of the mark (mark) ā The end of the tree, extended to the surface, not the fundamental: specimen. Treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. Notation: Trademark. road sign. mark. logo. ruler. slogan. Indicate with words or other things: indicate. title. List price. Flaunt (originally meant to reveal and express; later extended to mean to promote and brag). Explanation of pole pole ā longer stick: pole (a. long stick; b. dialect, refers to a person who rises up; c. refers to bandits who gang up to rob). flagpole. mast. Telephone poles. Rod ǎ The slender part of an object that looks like a stick: steelyard (different from platform scales, etc.). Penholder. bacilli. Quantifier, used for utensils with rods: