Prestidigitization

2 definitions found

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

  prestidigitization /pres`t*-di`j*-ti:-zay'sh*n/ n. 1. The act of
     putting something into digital notation via sleight of hand. 2. Data
     entry through legerdemain.
  
  



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

  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.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1994-11-01)