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