Slugfest vs Plugfest - What's the difference?
slugfest | plugfest |
(baseball, slang) A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs
(boxing, slang) A boxing match or fight marked by a heavy exchange of blows
(sports) A game or match in which heavy hits are exchanged
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 28
, author=Jamie Jackson
, title=Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal
, work=the Guardian
An event during which devices are tested for interoperability with emerging standards by physically connecting them. If systems are standards compliant then they should function as expected when they're "plugged" together. "In the New Serial Bus (NSB) plugfest the FooMonkey device was unable to connect to a NSB controller and therefore did not receive an NSB compliance certification".
* http://syseng.nist.gov/se-interop/plugfest
* http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/filterdrv/IFSPlugfest.mspx
* http://www.scsita.org/news_events/plugfests/plugfests.html
As nouns the difference between slugfest and plugfest
is that slugfest is (baseball|slang) a baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs while plugfest is an event during which devices are tested for interoperability with emerging standards by physically connecting them if systems are standards compliant then they should function as expected when they're "plugged" together "in the new serial bus (nsb) plugfest the foomonkey device was unable to connect to a nsb controller and therefore did not receive an nsb compliance certification".slugfest
English
Noun
(en noun)- ''The game turned into a 15-9 slugfest .
- ''The championship bout was a slugfest ; both fighters were bloodied.
citation, page= , passage=Nadal is supposedly the alpha male in any slugfest . But Rosol's forehand shots were being sent towards the Majorcan at 93mph plus, and his was the fastest serve at 134mph. }}