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The process by which components of a system are exercised prior to being placed in service (and often, prior to the system being completely assembled from those components).

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  • We normally call these period, the ‘burn-in’ period.
  • The worst burn-in for me comes from real-time strategy games.
  • As for the burn-in, this has been a moot issue for many years.
  • Usually, higher-end cans need what audiophiles call “burn-in time.”
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