profiling

To create a summary or collection of information about (a person, etc.).

To act based on such a summary, especially one that is a stereotype; to engage in profiling.

To draw in profile or outline.

To give a definite form by chiselling, milling, etc.

To measure the performance of various parts of (a program) so as to locate bottlenecks.

The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.

In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.