"brassboard" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1981 January, “Sumney on VHSIC”, in Defense Electronics, volume 13, number 1, page 50",
          "text": "DOD hopes during this part of Phase 1 to develop a sufficient number of integrated system brassboards.",
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          "ref": "1984 November–December, H. Steven Kimmel, “Very High Speed Integrated Circuits for Army Systems”, in Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine, volume 25, number 6, page 11",
          "text": "From the outset, the Army was interested in five of the six basic functional brassboards to be provided by the program.",
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          "ref": "1993, Norman B. Reilly, “Trade-off Analysis”, in Successful Systems Engineering for Engineers and Managers, Van Nostrand Reinhold; Chapman & Hall, page 161",
          "text": "Brassboards generally represent a more serious attempt to mimic the behavior of the final product, particularly in terms of component placing, connector lengths, and packaging. Portions of brassboards that involve high-risk areas may be constructed as near replicas of the envisioned final product and may be of sufficient integrity to undergo considerable testing.",
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        "An experimental or demonstration test model, intended for field testing outside the laboratory environment."
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        {
          "word": "brass board"
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          "ref": "1984 November–December, H. Steven Kimmel, “Very High Speed Integrated Circuits for Army Systems”, in Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine, volume 25, number 6, page 11",
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        },
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          "ref": "1993, Norman B. Reilly, “Trade-off Analysis”, in Successful Systems Engineering for Engineers and Managers, Van Nostrand Reinhold; Chapman & Hall, page 161",
          "text": "Brassboards generally represent a more serious attempt to mimic the behavior of the final product, particularly in terms of component placing, connector lengths, and packaging. Portions of brassboards that involve high-risk areas may be constructed as near replicas of the envisioned final product and may be of sufficient integrity to undergo considerable testing.",
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      "word": "brass board"
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