twiddle

1. Tilde (ASCII 1111110, ~). Also called squiggle, sqiggle (sic -- pronounced /skig´l/), and twaddle, but twiddle is the most common term.
2. A small and insignificant change to a program. Usually fixes one bug and generates several new ones (see also {shotgun debugging}).
3. vt. To change something in a small way. Bits, for example, are often twiddled. Twiddling a switch or {knobs} implies much less sense of purpose than toggling or tweaking it; see {frobnicate}. To speak of twiddling a bit connotes aimlessness, and at best doesn't specify what you're doing to the bit; `toggling a bit' has a more specific meaning (see {bit twiddling}, {toggle}). 4. Uncommon name for the {twirling baton} prompt.

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