2. <jargon> (To make) a small or insignificant change.
E.g. twiddling a program often fixes one bug and generates
several new ones (see also shotgun debugging). Bits are
often twiddled. Twiddling a switch or knob implies much less
sense of purpose than toggling or tweaking it; see
frobnicate. Bit twiddling connotes aimlessness, and at
best doesn't specify what you're doing to the bit; to
"toggle a bit" has a more specific meaning.
[Jargon File]
(1995-01-31)
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