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to twiddle

to twiddle

1 8.7
To change small pieces of computer data, usually single bits
  • verb
  • /ˈtwɪdəl/
  • Specialized
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  • So you can make the assumption that I twiddle of T is some constant I twiddle times east to the I Omega T.

What it couldn't do then in most fortrans was actual detail bit twiddling.

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Examples

  • And so we can then rewrite this and say S twiddle, F twiddle, S twiddle.

  • Here, let's call it PSI twiddle of K.

  • In other words, let the real part of I twiddle be called I.

  • Oh, what about if I just kind of twiddled these- ...these side bits here?

    Crossing Over (2009)

  • Yes, So you can also derive side twiddle of P&T.

  • Bean takes out a small screwdriver and twiddles with something on the engine.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • "If you could figure an alphabet where each letter stood for one thing, and everybody agreed on that one thing... then if you had a disagreement, you could just twiddle the dials and come up with the one right solution."

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Yes, it can be frustrating and slow, but it also brings a level of satisfaction that I don't get by just dumping digital files into Aperture and twiddling the curves control for a few seconds.

    Blog text (15)

  • When debugging the software, the developer began to twiddle the configuration settings to optimize performance.

  • I can twiddle the bits in the code to see how each change affects the program's behavior.

Antonyms

to lock
398 2.5

To become stiff and unable to move a part of the body

to stabilize
  • US
75 4.3

To become steady and stop changing

Idioms

to twiddle one's thumbs
  • Informal
1 6.8

Do nothing while waiting for something to happen

How Fine

to twiddle
  • Specialized
1 8.7
to fine-tune
26 4.2
tweak
28 3.9
to adjust
317 2.7
to modify
268 3.2
to change
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

twiddle infinitive
twiddled past
twiddled past participle
twiddling present participle
twiddles third person singular

Etymology

Twiddle in computing borrows the idea of small, fiddly finger turns and applies it to tiny changes in a machine, much like the word tweak. That is why programmers say 'twiddle bits' to mean 'make small changes' to settings or data.