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• 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....
• 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....
• 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....
• magic smoke n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
  his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
• magic smoke: n. A substance trapped inside IC packages that enables them to function (also called `blue smoke'
  his is similar to the archaic `phlogiston' hypothesis about combustion)....
• 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....
• 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)....
• 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....
• fried adj. 1. [common] Non-working due to hardware failure
  burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a `power glitch' (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or some other electrical event....