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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>twiddle</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="TWENEX.html" title="TWENEX"/><link rel="next" href="twilight-zone.html" title="twilight zone"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">twiddle</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="TWENEX.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="twilight-zone.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="twiddle"/><dt xmlns="" id="twiddle"><b>twiddle</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, <tt class="literal">~</tt>). Also called
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<span class="firstterm">squiggle</span>, <span class="firstterm">sqiggle</span> (sic — pronounced <span class="pronunciation">/skig<69>l/</span>), and <span class="firstterm">twaddle</span>, but twiddle is the most common term.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. A small and insignificant change to a program. Usually fixes one
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bug and generates several new ones (see also
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<a href="../S/shotgun-debugging.html"><i class="glossterm">shotgun debugging</i></a>).</p></dd><dd><p> 3. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To change something in a
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small way. Bits, for example, are often twiddled. Twiddling a switch or
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<a href="../K/knobs.html"><i class="glossterm">knobs</i></a> implies much less sense of purpose than
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toggling or tweaking it; see <a href="../F/frobnicate.html"><i class="glossterm">frobnicate</i></a>. To speak
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of twiddling a bit connotes aimlessness, and at best doesn't specify what
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you're doing to the bit; ‘toggling a bit’ has a more specific
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meaning (see <a href="../B/bit-twiddling.html"><i class="glossterm">bit twiddling</i></a>,
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<a href="toggle.html"><i class="glossterm">toggle</i></a>). 4. Uncommon name for the
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<a href="twirling-baton.html"><i class="glossterm">twirling baton</i></a> prompt.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="TWENEX.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="twilight-zone.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">TWENEX<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>twilight zone</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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