tweak vt.
1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a
value. Also used synonymously with twiddle. If a program is
almost correct, rather than figure out the precise problem you
might just keep tweaking it until it works. See frobnicate
and fudge factor; also see shotgun debugging.
tune or bum a program; preferred usage in the U.K.
1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a
value. Also used synonymously with twiddle. If a program is
almost correct, rather than figure out the precise problem you
might just keep tweaking it until it works. See frobnicate
and fudge factor; also see shotgun debugging.
tune or bum a program; preferred usage in the U.K.
Related:
- tweak: vt. 1. To change slightly, usually in reference to a
value.
Also used synonymously with {twiddle}. If a program... - twiddle: n. 1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, `~'). Also
called `squiggle',
`sqiggle' (sic --- pronounced /skig'l/), and `twaddle'... - twiddle n.
1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, ~). Also called
`squiggle',
`sqiggle' (sic -- pronounced /skig'l/), and `twaddle'... - frobnicate /frob'ni-kayt/ vt.
[Poss. derived from
frobnitz,
and usually abbreviated to frob, but `frobnicate'... - frobnicate: /frob'ni-kayt/ vt. [Poss. derived from
{frobnitz},
and usually abbreviated to {frob}, but `frobnicate'... - Frobnicate, v.:
To manipulate or adjust, to tweak.
Derived from FROBNITZ. Usually abbreviated... - diddle
1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly
serious manner.
"I diddled a copy of ADVENT so it didn't double... - glitch /glich/
[very common; from German `glitschig' to
slip,
via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1. n. A ...
From the same category:
- Real World n.
1. Those institutions at which
`programming' may be used in the same sentence as `FORTRAN',
`COBOL', `RPG', `IBM', `DBASE', etc. Places where... - two-to-the-N quant.
An amount much larger than N but
smaller than infinity.
"I have 2-to-the-N things to do before I can go... - scary devil monastery n.
Anagram frequently used to
refer to the newsgroup alt.sysadmin.recovery,
which is populated with characters that rather justify... - macro /mak'roh/ n.
[techspeak] A name (possibly followed by a formal... - hack together vt.
[common] To throw something together
so it will work.
Unlike `kluge together' or cruft together, this...
