| Subject | English | French |
| comp., MS | on-chip performance counter | compteur de performance de processeur (A register on a CPU chip that stores very low-level information. This information can be queried) |
| comp., MS | performance counter | compteur de performances (A set of components that allow you to track the performance of an application) |
| comp., MS | state performance counter | compteur de performances de l'état (A counter that monitors the immediate health state of an application by collecting a snapshot of configured performance counters at 5 minute intervals. This data is available for viewing trends in Application Diagnostics) |
| comp., MS | troubleshooting performance counter | compteur de performances de dépannage (A counter that collects continuously within a 15-minute window. When a .NET exception or performance event occurs, all performance counter data from the 15-minute window leading up to the event are captured and stored) |