prestidigitator

n : someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience [syn:

{magician}, {conjurer}, {conjuror}, {illusionist}]

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)