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diddle

1. vt. To work with or modify in a not particularly serious

manner. "I diddled a copy of ADVENT

so it didn't double-space all the time." "Let's diddle this piece

of code and see if the problem goes away." See tweak and twiddle.

2. n. The action or result of diddling. See also tweak, twiddle,

frob.

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die v.

Syn. crash. Unlike crash, which is used primarily of hardware, this

verb is used of both hardware and software. See also go flatline, casters-up mode.

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