SMOKE TEST

Domain	Definition
Computing	Smoke test n. 1. A rudimentary form of testing applied to electronic equipment following repair or reconfiguration, in which power is applied and the tester checks for sparks, smoke, or other dramatic signs of fundamental failure. See magic smoke. 2. By extension, the first run of a piece of software after construction or a critical change. See and compare reality check. There is an interesting semi-parallel to this term among typographers and printers: When new typefaces are being punch-cut by hand, a `smoke test' (hold the letter in candle smoke, then press it onto paper) is used to check out new dies. Source: Jargon File.
Slang	Noun. Source: This phrase comes from a description of turning the power on and hoping for no smoke. Definition: To check and see if any smoke billows up when you turn the power on to a computer. Context: Usually a smoke test is performed after installing a new motherboard or RAM. Social Source: Northwest American computer hacker. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
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Specialty Definition: Smoke test

The term smoke test is used in electronics to refer to the first time a circuit under development is attached to power. This may be done before all the work is complete, just to ensure that there are no major flaws that would make further work moot. Circuits that fail at this stage sometimes literally produce smoke, often from burning resistors, which produce a unique smell familiar to many technicians.

The term is also used metaphorically, especially in computer programming, where it is also called a "sanity test".

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Modern Translation: SMOKE TEST

Language		Translations for "SMOKE TEST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		røgtest. (various references)

Dutch		rookproef. (various references)

French		test de fumée. (various references)

German		Feuerprobe (acid test, fire test, ordeal). (various references)

Greek		βάπτισμα πυρός. (various references)

Italian		smoke test. (various references)

Pig Latin		okesmay esttay

Portuguese		teste de fumo. (various references)

Spanish		prueba de fuego. (various references)

Swedish		röktest. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: SMOKE TEST

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-k-m-o-s-s-t-t"
	-2 letters: ketoses, mesteso, mostest.
	-3 letters: emotes, ketose, motets, mottes, sestet, setose, skeets, smeeks, smokes, steeks, stokes, testes, tmeses, totems, tsetse.
	-4 letters: emote, keets, meets, metes, mokes, mosks, moste, mosts, motes, motet, motte, motts, seeks, seems, semes, setts, skees, skeet, smeek, smoke, smote, sokes, steek, stems, stets, stoke, teems, tests, tokes, tomes, totem, totes.
	-5 letters: ekes.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-k-m-o-s-s-t-t"
	+3 letters: masterstroke.
	+4 letters: masterstrokes.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
smoke test	16
drug hand second smoke test	7
detector smoke test	2
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SMOKE TEST

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