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Phlogiston

noun
1.
A hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning.





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"Phlogiston" Quotes from Famous Books



... trapped inside IC 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 {smoke test}, {let the ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


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