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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