We have defined acceptable lead performance as a lead that has a failure rate of 0.5% per year over 10 years.

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Although NAEP results have become generally accepted among educators and political leaders as a reliable barometer of average pupil academic performance over time, the question of how to define an acceptable level of performance remains controversial.

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Because the Mercedes-Benz S400 illustrates how mainstream large and midsize cars in the coming years will be able to maintain acceptable levels of performance while garnering improved fuel economy to meet stricter federal standards.

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Crumbs also indicated that certain locations "incapable of reaching acceptable levels of financial performance" would need to close.

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But mated with the standard 5-speed automatic transmission (only the base LX is available with a 5-speed manual) in a vehicle that weighs just 2, 855 lbs, performance is acceptable.

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Such computer systems require interconnectivity to provide access to centralized storage and as discussed above increasingly require the need to communicate with each other to not only provide virtualization properties already discussed but also deliver performance in an acceptable time-frame, often in the order of microseconds.

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In the case of physical goods, SMBs should be explicit with terms such as delivery time, acceptable product quality, and product performance.

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