The nameplot oftakes theits plotname isfrom based onthe [[Shmoo]]s, thea fictional species created by [[Al Capp]] in the cartoon [[Li'l Abner]]. These small, blob-like creatures have shapes similar to the "working" volumes that would be enclosed by shmoo plots drawn against three independent variables (such as voltage, temperature, and response speed).
Traditionally, automatedAutomated test equipment- have traditionally generated [[ASCII]]a 2-dimensional shmooform plotsof representedthe eachshmoo functionalplot in [[ASCII]], pointthat withuses an "X",andto represent non-functional points with aand blank space for non-functional points.
