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• eality check n. 1. The simplest kind of test of software or hardware
  doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is and seeing if you get 4....
• anity check n. [very common] 1. The act of checking a piece of code (or anything else, e.
  g., a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes....
• anity check: n. 1. The act of checking a piece of code (or anything else, e.
  g., a USENET posting) for completely stupid mistakes....
• moke test: n. 1. A rudimentary form of testing applied to electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguratio
  in which power is applied and the tester checks for sparks, smoke, or other dramatic signs of fundamental failure....
• moke test n. 1. A rudimentary form of testing applied to electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguratio
  in which power is applied and the tester checks for sparks, smoke, or other dramatic signs of fundamental failure....
• Prepare for alpha test of Beep Software revision 1.
  05. Counting down to test: 5... 4... 3... 2.....
• fry 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures.
  More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans....
• beta /bay't*/, /be't*/ or (Commonwealth) /bee't*/ n.
  1. Mostly working, but still under test; usu. used with `in'...
• moke vi. 1. To crash or blow up, usually spectacularly.
  The new version smoked, just like the last one." Used for both hardware (where it often describes an actual physical event), and software (where it's merely colorful)....