"magic smoke" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈsmoʊk\, \ˌmædʒ.ɪk ˈsməʊk\
  1. Matière qui, selon une plaisanterie classique, serait à l’origine du bon fonctionnement des composants électroniques.
    Sense id: fr-magic_smoke-en-noun-gYfW9XV0 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Lexique en anglais de l’électronique, Plaisanteries en anglais Topics: electricity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "(XXᵉ siècle) Plaisanterie sur le fait que le composant ne fonctionne plus après le dégagement de fumée."
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        {
          "text": "When the magic smoke has gone, the device doesn’t work anymore.",
          "translation": "Quand la fumée magique est partie, le composant ne fonctionne plus."
        }
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