plugfest

noun

plugfest

noun

Etymology From plug + -fest.

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Informal An event during which hardware devices are tested for interoperability with emerging standards by physically connecting them together.

  • In the New Serial Bus (NSB) plugfest, the FooMonkey device was unable to connect to a NSB controller and therefore did not receive compliance certification.
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20090510001105/http://syseng.nist.gov/se-interop/plugfest/
1 more example
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20061230043903/http://www.scsita.org/news_events/plugfests/plugfests.html

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