| 词条 | Magic smoke |
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Magic smoke (also factory smoke, blue smoke, angry pixies, or the genie) is a humorous name for the caustic smoke produced by severe electrical over-stress of electronic circuits or components, causing overheating and accompanying release of smoke. The smoke typically smells of burning plastic and other chemicals. The color of the smoke depends on which component is overheating, but it is commonly white or grey. Minor overstress eventually results in component failure, but without pyrotechnic display or release of smoke. The name is a running in-joke that started among electrical engineers and technicians. It was more recently adopted by computer programmers. It is a widely used term with competitors in the FIRST Robotics Competition.[1] The given device operates until the smoke is released from it, at which point the device ceases to operate. Ergo, the smoke is an essential part of the device's operation, through undetermined ('magical') means.[2] The joke's humor operates via the logical consistency of what is observed, versus knowledge of what is actually occurring. This is an example of the fallacy post hoc ergo propter hoc. UsageThis has led to phrases (and variants of) "You let the smoke out!", "There's too many angry pixies running through the circuit!", "The magic smoke is escaping." or "I think you set your power supply too high; there is magic smoke coming from that resistor!" as euphemisms for the destruction of a component by overheating. When a device is powered on for the first time, it is often called a "smoke test". Red Hat Linux 6.1 included the following text in the hardware compatibility guide:[3]Tier 3 Incompatible and Unsupported CPUs The joke in the above quotation is the concept of a Smokeless CPU—one in which the vital magic smoke has been released, rendering it inoperable. The joke remained in Red Hat 6.2, but was removed in a subsequent version. References1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68706|title="Magic Smoke" came out? Here's the cure. - Chief Delphi|website=www.chiefdelphi.com|access-date=2016-10-05}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/M/magic-smoke.html|title=Magic Smoke| accessdate=February 9, 2014}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/61/rh6.1-hcl-i.ld-2.html |title=Red Hat, Inc. Hardware Compatibility List for Intel/6.1 |author= |date=Apr 19, 2000 |accessdate=May 19, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001204073700/http://www.redhat.com/support/hardware/intel/61/rh6.1-hcl-i.ld-2.html |archivedate=December 4, 2000 }} External links
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