panze's definitions

guid

Acronym for Globally Unique ID. A 128-bit identifier, which is supposed to be guaranteed unique. Used for identifying stuff like software objects. Originally it was formed by combining an Ethernet MAC address with a 100ns resolution timestamp, but now a more complex algorithm is used.

I just hit Ctrl-Shift-G in Borland Developer Studio and it gave me a new GUID: {E9BAA03C-E2BE-420D-9554-5A08B7548068}

by panze May 2, 2008

smoke test

A quick test to see if your software works at all. Originally a term for testing electronics ("switch on the power and see if there's smoke").

You should do a smoke test on your software before passing it on to testers.

by panze May 21, 2009