Frob vs Brob - What's the difference?
frob | brob |
(jargon, MIT) Any small device or object (usually hand-sized) which can be manipulated.
(jargon, MIT) To manipulate objects considered to be frobs.
(jargon, MIT) To manipulate equipment without any knowledge.
As nouns the difference between frob and brob
is that frob is (jargon|mit) any small device or object (usually hand-sized) which can be manipulated while brob is a wedge-shaped spike used to secure the end of a timber where it abuts another much used in earlier times in the construction of tunnelled box-timber headings.As verbs the difference between frob and brob
is that frob is (jargon|mit) to manipulate objects considered to be frobs while brob is (obsolete) to poke or prick.frob
English
Noun
(en noun)- Hand me that frob there, will you?
Verb
- Hey, frob the switch.
- Hey! Stop frobbing that oscilloscope! You'll break it.
References
*frob'', in ''The New Hacker's Dictionary , 1996, by Eric S. Raymond. * *