tick n.
1. A jiffy (sense 1). 2. In
simulations, the discrete unit of time that passes between
iterations of the simulation mechanism. In AI applications, this
amount of time is often left unspecified, since the only
constraint of interest is the ordering of events. This sort of AI
simulation is often pejoratively referred to as `tick-tick-tick'
simulation, especially when the issue of simultaneity of events
with long, independent chains of causes is handwaved. 3. In the FORTH language, a single
quote character.
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tick-list features n.
[Acorn Computers] Features in software or hardware that
customers insist on but never use (calculators in desktop TSRs
and that sort of thing). The American equivalent would be
`checklist features', but this jargon sense of the phrase has not
been reported.
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tickle a bug vt.
To cause a normally hidden bug to manifest itself through some
known series of inputs or operations. "You can tickle the bug in
the Paradise VGA card's highlight handling by trying to set
bright yellow reverse video."