May 15, 2003

reality check

n.

1. 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.

2. The act of letting a real user try out prototype software. Compare sanity check.

Posted by Jargon File at May 15, 2003 10:32 AM

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