---
title: "load profile"
description: "Documentation defining a designated number of virtual users who process a defined set of transactions in a specified time period that a component or system being tested may experience in production."
type: term
term_id: 286
language: English
language_code: gb
canonical: "https://glossary.istqb.org/en/term/load-profile"
slug: "load-profile"
url: "https://istqb-glossary.page/load-profile/"
---

# load profile

Documentation defining a designated number of virtual users who process a defined set of transactions in a specified time period that a component or system being tested may experience in production.

## Present in syllabi


- Advanced Technical Test Analyst 2012
- Foundation Extension - Performance Testing 2018
- Advanced Technical Test Analyst 2019

## Translations


- [Deutsch](https://istqb-glossary.page/de/lastprofil/) — Lastprofil
- [Italiano](https://istqb-glossary.page/it/profilo-di-carico/) — profilo di carico
- [日本語](https://istqb-glossary.page/jp/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB-load-profile/) — ロードプロファイル（load profile）
- [Português (Brasil)](https://istqb-glossary.page/br/perfil-de-carga/) — perfil de carga
- [Polski](https://istqb-glossary.page/pl/profil-obciazenia/) — profil obciążenia
- [Português](https://istqb-glossary.page/pt/perfil-de-carga/) — perfil de carga
- [Čeština](https://istqb-glossary.page/cz/zatezovy-profil/) — zátěžový profil
- [Svenska](https://istqb-glossary.page/se/lastprofil/) — lastprofil
- [Magyar](https://istqb-glossary.page/hu/terhelesi-profil/) — terhelési profil
- [Norsk](https://istqb-glossary.page/no/belastningsprofil/) — belastningsprofil

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