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1. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) |
frobnicate
/frob'ni?kayt/, vt.
[Poss. derived from frobnitz, and usually abbreviated to frob, but
frobnicate is recognized as the official full form.:] To manipulate or
adjust, to tweak. One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus:
?Please frob the light switch? (that is, flip it), but also ?Stop frobbing
that clasp; you'll break it?. One also sees the construction to frob a frob
. See tweak and twiddle.
Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points along a continuum.
?Frob? connotes aimless manipulation; twiddle connotes gross manipulation,
often a coarse search for a proper setting; tweak connotes fine-tuning. If
someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's carefully
adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is just turning it but
looking at the screen, he is probably twiddling it; but if he's just doing
it because turning a knob is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant
frobnosticate has been recently reported.
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2. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) |
frobnicate
/frob'ni-kayt/ (Possibly from frobnitz, and usually
abbreviated to frob, but "frobnicate" is recognised as the
official full form). To manipulate or adjust, to tweak.
One frequently frobs bits or other 2-state devices. Thus:
"Please frob the light switch" (that is, flip it), but also
"Stop frobbing that clasp; you'll break it". One also sees
the construction "to frob a frob".
Usage: frob, twiddle, and tweak sometimes connote points
along a continuum. "Frob" connotes aimless manipulation;
"twiddle" connotes gross manipulation, often a coarse search
for a proper setting; "tweak" connotes fine-tuning. If
someone is turning a knob on an oscilloscope, then if he's
carefully adjusting it, he is probably tweaking it; if he is
just turning it but looking at the screen, he is probably
twiddling it; but if he's just doing it because turning a knob
is fun, he's frobbing it. The variant "frobnosticate" has
also been reported.
(1994-12-16)
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