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frob
(encz) | frob,nimrat se s drobným předmětem (obvykle elektronickým zařízením) v:
[it.] [slang.] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frob Petr Písař |
frob
(foldoc) | frob
/frob/ 1. [MIT] The TMRC definition was "FROB = a
protruding arm or trunnion"; by metaphoric extension, a "frob"
is any random small thing; an object that you can comfortably
hold in one hand; something you can frob (sense 2). See
frobnitz.
2. Abbreviated form of frobnicate.
3. [MUD] A command on some MUDs that changes a player's
experience level (this can be used to make wizards); also, to
request wizard privileges on the "professional courtesy"
grounds that one is a wizard elsewhere. The command is
actually "frobnicate" but is universally abbreviated to the
shorter form.
[Jargon File]
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frob
(jargon) | frob
/frob/
1. n. [MIT; very common] The TMRC definition was “FROB = a protruding arm
or trunnion”; by metaphoric extension, a frob is any random small thing; an
object that you can comfortably hold in one hand; something you can frob
(sense 2). See frobnitz.
2. vt. Abbreviated form of frobnicate.
3. [from the MUD world] A command on some MUDs that changes a player's
experience level (this can be used to make wizards); also, to request {
wizard} privileges on the ‘professional courtesy’ grounds that one is a
wizard elsewhere. The command is actually ‘frobnicate’ but is universally
abbreviated to the shorter form.
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frobisher
(encz) | Frobisher, |
frobisher
(wn) | Frobisher
n 1: English explorer who led an expedition in search of the
Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and
helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594) [syn:
Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobisher] |
sir martin frobisher
(wn) | Sir Martin Frobisher
n 1: English explorer who led an expedition in search of the
Northwest Passage to the orient; served under Drake and
helped defeat the Spanish Armada (1535-1594) [syn:
Frobisher, Sir Martin Frobisher] |
frobnicate
(foldoc) | 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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frobnitz
(foldoc) | frobnitz
/frob'nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob'nit-zm/ or "frobni"
/frob'ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget.
Also refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is
usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob.
Also used are "frobnule" (/frob'n[y]ool/) and "frobule"
(/frob'yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz'/
(plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot'zm/) has also become very
popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork.
These variants can also be applied to nonphysical objects,
such as data structures.
Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds,q
"Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many storage boxes,
managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful
designations written on them, such as "Frobnitz Coil Oil".
Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the
name was quickly taken for the thing". This was almost
certainly the origin of the term.
[Jargon File]
(1994-12-16)
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frobozz magic programming language
(foldoc) | Frobozz Magic Programming Language
FMPL
(FMPL of Accardi). A prototype-based,
object-oriented, event-driven (mainly I/O events) interpreted
language with functional features. Developed at the
Experimental Computing Facility, {University of California,
Berkeley}.
There is an interpreter by Jon Blow
.
(ftp://xcf.berkeley.edu/src/local/fmpl).
Mailing list: .
E-mail: Jack Hsu .
(1992-06-02)
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frobnicate
(jargon) | 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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frobnitz
(jargon) | frobnitz
/frob'nits/, pl., frobnitzem, /frob´nit·zm/, frobni, /frob'ni:/,
n.
[TMRC] An unspecified physical object, a widget. Also refers to electronic
black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to frotz, or more
commonly to frob. Also used are frobnule (/frob'n[y]ool/) and frobule (/
frob´yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, frobozz /fr@-boz'/ (plural:
frobbotzim /fr@-bot´zm/) has also become very popular, largely through its
exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can also be applied to
nonphysical objects, such as data structures. For related amusement, see
the Encyclopedia Frobozzica.
Pete Samson, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, adds, “Under the TMRC
[railroad] layout were many storage boxes, managed (in 1958) by David R.
Sawyer. Several had fanciful designations written on them, such as
‘Frobnitz Coil Oil’. Perhaps DRS intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but
the name was quickly taken for the thing”. This was almost certainly the
origin of the term.
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