canary
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6.4
- noun
- /kəˈnɛri/
- Specialized
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despliegue canario
- Of course, those things have come together, and I have tried to use this term ethnosphere over the years as an organizing principle because when I first began to do this research and I connected to the linguistic community, I was absolutely astonished. Despite all of my training in anthropology, I was really not aware of the intensity of the crisis of language loss, and this, of course, is the canary in the coal mine.
Examples
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We should use the canary now.
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The common practice is to use a canary.
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So that's basically how the stack Canary approach works.
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But cases like those from Reznor and Meyer may just be the canary in the coal mine of social media.
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I realize this is slightly off-topic, but I thought it was almost a "canary in a coal mine" sketch of Fjordman's quote.
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Do you do AB testing when bring up a new bill the Canary and take some part of the load and watch then migrate over into prod?
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It turns out these sorts of things can act as a canary in a coal mine in that if they didn't meet the simple specifics like "no brown M&Ms" or "local hockey puck," then what else might they have missed.
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In software development, a canary release allows a team to test new features with a small group of users before a full launch.
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The developers decided to implement a canary release to identify potential issues before widespread deployment.
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Using a canary release, they received feedback from a select audience to refine the application further.
Synonyms
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5.6
A limited release of a software update to some users for testing
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4.2
A trial of a new app or program by outside users before its release
Idioms
To smile in a proud, secret way because you feel pleased with yourself
- Informal
A person who looks very pleased because they have a secret success
Compounds
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3.0
A group of Spanish volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean near northwest Africa
A fern from the Canary Islands and Madeira with soft, hairy underground stems like a hare's foot
A tall North American tree with tulip-shaped yellow flowers and soft white wood used for cabinets
A tall grass that lives for many years and grows in wet places like riverbanks and ditches
- Specialized
A perennial grass from Australia and South Africa grown for animal feed
How Wide
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Etymology
In tech, a canary release is named after the idea of a canary in a coal mine, where miners used real canaries as a 'warning' of dangerous gas. So a software canary is a small test release that warns engineers of problems before the full release.