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Etymology from typography?

The origin of the term may actually come from early typography, as explained here: http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200304/smoke_test.html I have no solid reference or proof of this origin, but I've read this in other sources (and it's right here on Wikipedia as well: see Punchcutting) Dvandok (talk) 14:16, 3 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's quite plausible. Almost suggests there's a case for a higher-level article which covers all the different disciplines. --EdJogg (talk) 10:52, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Etymology

I've copied the section referring to software testing over to Smoke testing (software) where it was sorely needed.

It is not for me to decide whether the statement should remain here unedited. That the software phrase derives from the hardware usage suggests that a reference is needed here, but whether the current text needs revising I leave to someone else.

--EdJogg (talk) 10:47, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]