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check: n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to
actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps. E.g., a
parity check is the result of a
hardware-detected parity error. Recorded here because the word often
humorously extended to non-technical problems. For example, the term
child check has been used to refer to
the problems caused by a small child who is curious to know what happens
when s/he presses all the cute buttons on a computer's console (of course,
this particular problem could have been prevented with
molly-guards).
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