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• 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)....
• A sheet of paper crossed my desk the other day and as I read it, realization of a basic truth came over me.
  So simple! So obvious we couldn't see it. John Knivlen, Chairman of Polamar Repeater Club, an amateur radio group, had discovered how IC circuits work....
• 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....
• let the smoke out v. To fry hardware (see fried).
  See magic smoke for a discussion of the underlying mythology....
• fat electrons: n. Old-time hacker David Cargill's theory on the causation of computer glitches.
  Your typical electric utility draws its line current out of the big generators with a pair of coil taps located near the top of the dynamo....
• Technique?" said the programmer turning from his terminal, "What I follow is Tao -- beyond all technique!
  When I first began to program I would see before me the whole problem in one mass....
• fried: adj. 1. 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....
• I don't smoke !! That was the flamethrower !!