Re: More genteel than "Sanity Checked"

["Edgar D' Souza" <edgar -dot- b -dot- dsouza -at- gmail -dot- com>]

On 5/30/07, Kevin McLauchlan <kmclauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com> wrote:
> 'Smoke test' is recognized as a hardware check, while our product is at
> least half software. Also the limited testing that a late-requested feature
> or platform combo might get is a bit more involved than plugging it in to
> see if it turns itself into acrid air-borne particles and a smudge on the
> bench.

May I chip in with a cent or two:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/reality%20check  includes this
definition:
"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. The
software equivalent of a smoke test."

Cheers,
Ed.
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