Probe effect

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probe_effect

Probe effect is unintended alteration in system behavior caused by measuring that system.
In code profiling and performance measurements, the delays introduced by insertion/removal of code instrumentation may result in a non-functioning application, or unpredictable behavior.

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