Frob

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  frob /frob/ 1. n. [MIT; very common] The {TMRC} definition was "FROB =
     a protruding arm or trunnion"; by metaphoric extension, a `frob' is any
     random small thing; an object that you can comfortably hold in one hand;
     something you can frob (sense 2). See {frobnitz}. 2. vt. Abbreviated
     form of {frobnicate}. 3. [from the {MUD} world] A command on some MUDs
     that changes a player's experience level (this can be used to make


     wizards); also, to request {wizard} privileges on the `professional
     courtesy' grounds that one is a wizard elsewhere. The command is
     actually `frobnicate' but is universally abbreviated to the shorter
     form.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  frob
       
          /frob/ 1.  [MIT] The {TMRC} definition was "FROB = a
          protruding arm or trunnion"; by metaphoric extension, a "frob"
          is any random small thing; an object that you can comfortably
          hold in one hand; something you can frob (sense 2).  See
          {frobnitz}.
       
          2. Abbreviated form of {frobnicate}.
       
          3. [{MUD}] A command on some {MUD}s that changes a player's
          experience level (this can be used to make wizards); also, to
          request {wizard} privileges on the "professional courtesy"
          grounds that one is a wizard elsewhere.  The command is
          actually "frobnicate" but is universally abbreviated to the
          shorter form.
       
          [{Jargon File}]