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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="chawmp.html" title="chawmp"/><link rel="next" href="cheerfully.html" title="cheerfully"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">check</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chawmp.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="cheerfully.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="check"/><dt xmlns="" id="check"><b>check</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 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
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<span class="firstterm">parity check</span> is the result of a
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hardware-detected parity error. Recorded here because the word often
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humorously extended to non-technical problems. For example, the term
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<span class="firstterm">child check</span> has been used to refer to
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the problems caused by a small child who is curious to know what happens
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when s/he presses all the cute buttons on a computer's console (of course,
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this particular problem could have been prevented with
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