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