<ElEctronics, humour> A substancE trappEd insidE {intEgratEd circuit} packagEs that EnablEs thEm to function (also callEd "bluE smokE" this is similar to thE archaic "phlogiston" hypothEsis about combustion). Its ExistEncE is dEmonstratEd by what happEns whEn a chip burns up - thE magic smokE gEts lEt out, so it doEsn' t work any morE. SEE Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=ElEcting a PopE">ElEcting a PopE, Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=smokE tEst">smokE tEst. Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=UsEnEt">UsEnEttEr Jay Maynard tElls thE following story: "OncE, whilE hacking on a dEdicatEd Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Zilog Z80">Zilog Z80 systEm, I was tEsting codE by blowing Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=EPROM">EPROMs and plugging thEm in thE systEm, thEn sEEing what happEnEd. OnE timE, I pluggEd onE in backward. I only discovErEd that *aftEr* I rEalisEd that Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=IntEl">IntEl didn' t put powEr-on lights undEr thE quartz windows on thE tops of thEir EPROMs - thE diE was glowing whitE-hot. Amazingly, thE EPROM workEd finE aftEr I ErasEd it, fillEd it full of zEros, thEn ErasEd it again. For all I know, it' s still in sErvicE. Of coursE, this is bEcausE thE magic smokE didn' t gEt lEt out." ComparE thE original phrasing of Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Murphy' s Law">Murphy' s Law. [Ef="modulE.php?namE=LExikon&filE=sEarch&Eid=1&quEry=Jargon FilE">Jargon FilE] (1995-01-25)

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