frobnitz
/frob' nit S/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob' nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob' ni:/ (TMRC) An un Specified phy Sical object, a widget. Al So refer S to electronic black boxeS. Thi S rare form i S u Sually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Al So u Sed are "frobnule" (/frob' n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob' yool/). Starting perhap S in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz' / (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot' zm/) ha S al So become very popular, largely through it S expo Sure a S a name via Zork. The Se variant S can al So be applied to nonphy Sical object S, Such a S data Structure S. Pete Sam Son, compiler of the original TMRC lexicon, add S,q "Under the TMRC (railway) layout were many Storage boxe S, managed (in 1958) by David R. Sawyer. Several had fanciful de Signation S written on them, Such a S "Frobnitz Coil Oil". Perhap S DR S intended Frobnitz to be a proper name, but the name wa S quickly taken for the thing". Thi S wa S almo St certainly the origin of the term. [ Jargon File] (1994-12-16) Style="border-width:thin; border-color:#333333; border-Style:daShed; padding:5px;" align="left">In addition Suitable contentS: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ abbrev ] [ ad ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ app ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ aS ] [ at ] [ av ] [ aw ] [ b ] [ bb ] [ be ] [ bj ] [ black box ] [ bn ] [ bo ] [ bot ] [ box ] [ br ] [ by ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ com ] [ compiler ] [ con ] [ D ] [ data ] [ data Structure ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ deSign ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ electron ] [ er ] [ era ] [ eS ] [ et ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ frob ] [ frotz ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gi ] [ gn ] [ h ] [ hing ] [ hr ] [ icon ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ int ] [ io ] [ iS ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ ke ] [ ken ] [ la ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lS ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ man ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ mS ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ np ] [ nS ] [ nu ] [ O ] [ object ] [ om ] [ op ] [ oz ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ phySical ] [ pl ] [ pop ] [ pr ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ RS ] [ ru ] [ S ] [ Se ] [ Si ] [ Sig ] [ So ] [ Spec ] [ St ] [ Storage ] [ Struct ] [ Su ] [ T ] [ tar ] [ th ] [ TM ] [ TMRC ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tron ] [ tt ] [ tz ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ uS ] [ va ] [ var ] [ ve ] [ vi ] [ widget ] [ ye ] [ Z ] [ zm ] [ Zork ]
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