frobnitz
/frob' nits/, plural "frobnitzem" /frob' nit-zm/ or "frobni" /frob' ni:/ (TMRC) An unspecified physical object, a widget. Al SO refers to electronic black boxes. This rare form is usually abbreviated to "frotz", or more commonly to frob. Al SO used are "frobnule" (/frob' n[y]ool/) and "frobule" (/frob' yool/). Starting perhaps in 1979, "frobozz" /fr*-boz' / (plural: "frobbotzim" /fr*-bot' zm/) has al SO become very popular, largely through its exposure as a name via Zork. These variants can al SO be applied to nonphysical objects, such as data structures. Pete Sam SOn, 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) 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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