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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>reality check</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../R.html" title="R"/><link rel="previous" href="Real-World.html" title="Real World"/><link rel="next" href="reality-distortion-field.html" title="reality-distortion field"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">reality check</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Real-World.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">R</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="reality-distortion-field.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="reality-check"/><dt xmlns="" id="reality-check"><b>reality check</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. The simplest kind of test of software or hardware; doing the
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equivalent of asking it what <tt class="literal">2 + 2</tt> is and
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seeing if you get 4. The software equivalent of a
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<a href="../S/smoke-test.html"><i class="glossterm">smoke test</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The act of letting a <a href="real-user.html"><i class="glossterm">real user</i></a> try out
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