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n.
An assessment to determine if one's circumstances or expectations conform to reality.


An assessment to determine if one's circumstances or expectations conform to reality, as in Time for a reality check--wasn't this supposed to be a money-making enterprise? [Slang; second half of 1900s]

1. The simplest kind of test of software or hardware; doing the equivalent of asking it what 2 + 2 is and seeing if you get 4. The software equivalent of a smoke test.

2. The act of letting a real user try out prototype software. Compare sanity check.


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