SMART

SMART

See also: smart, Smart, smärt, and S.M.A.R.T.

English

Proper noun

SMART

  1. Acronym of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.

Noun

SMART (uncountable)

  1. (computer hardware) Acronym of self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology: a monitoring system included in computer HDDs and SSDs in order to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardware failures.
    Alternative form: S.M.A.R.T.

Adjective

SMART (not comparable)

  1. (mnemonic) An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timebound. (See SMART criteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
    Antonym: VAPID
    • 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 27 September 2022:
      Over time, I noticed various exercises I did with Woebot rubbing off in my daily life. Woebot taught me how to set SMART goals — specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time-limited.

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