"smoke test" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: smoke tests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoke test (plural smoke tests)
  1. A test for leaks involving blowing smoke into a tube or pipe.
    Sense id: en-smoke_test-en-noun-cmEa9rnQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 14 14 27 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 18 14 27 11
  2. A preliminary test on a newly-constructed piece of electronic equipment, consisting simply of the application of electrical power, to make sure that no egregious wiring errors exist which would cause the circuitry to emit smoke, catch fire, explode, etc.
    Sense id: en-smoke_test-en-noun-B~rO398Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 14 14 27 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 18 14 27 11
  3. (by extension) Such an initial test on some other (not necessarily electronic) system, such as a computer program, again, not to perform any exhaustive tests of functionality, but simply to make sure that the system will not catastrophically fail on activation. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-smoke_test-en-noun-lSE73Vtf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 14 14 27 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 18 14 27 11
  4. A test to make sure that theatrical smoke will not set off the smoke alarms in a building.
    Sense id: en-smoke_test-en-noun-5~WM-vzE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 14 14 27 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 18 14 27 11

Verb [English]

Forms: smoke tests [present, singular, third-person], smoke testing [participle, present], smoke tested [participle, past], smoke tested [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} smoke test (third-person singular simple present smoke tests, present participle smoke testing, simple past and past participle smoke tested)
  1. (transitive) To perform any of the above tests. Tags: transitive Related terms: sniff test, sanity check
    Sense id: en-smoke_test-en-verb-9tWx~2g0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 14 14 27 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 18 14 27 11

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