prestidigitization

2 definitions found

prestidigitization - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  prestidigitization
  
     /pres`t*-di"j*-ti:-zay"sh*n/ 1. A term coined by Daniel Klein
     <dvk@lonewolf.com> for the act of putting something into
     digital notation via sleight of hand.
  
     ["Open Channel", IEEE "Computer", November 1981].
  
     2. Data entry through legerdemain.
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1994-11-01)
  

prestidigitization - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  prestidigitization
   /pres`t@.di`j@.ti:.zay'sh@n/, n.
  
     1. The act of putting something into digital notation via sleight of
     hand.
  
     2. Data entry through legerdemain.