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| Subject | French | English |
| comp., MS | autotest de mise sous tension | power-on self test A set of routines stored in read-only memory (ROM) that tests various system components such as RAM, the disk drives, and the keyboard, to see if they are properly connected and operating. If problems are found, these routines alert the user with a series of beeps or a message, often accompanied by a diagnostic numeric value. If the POST is successful, it passes control to the bootstrap loader (POST) |
| IT | autotest interne | internal self-test |
| IT | Autotest à la mise sous tension | Power-On Self Test |
| IT | mire d'autotest | self-test pattern |
| transp., tech. | tiroir d'autotest | autotest unit |