Easter Egging: [IBM] N. The Act Of Replacing Unrelated Components More Or Less At Random In Hopes That A Malfunction Will Go Away.

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:Easter egging: [IBM] n. The act of replacing unrelated components
more or less at random in hopes that a malfunction will go away.
Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of {field
circus} techs and do not love them for it. See also the jokes
under {field circus}. Compare {shotgun debugging}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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