EASTER EGGING
\ˈiːstəɹ ˈɛɡɪŋ], \ˈiːstəɹ ˈɛɡɪŋ], \ˈiː_s_t_ə_ɹ ˈɛ_ɡ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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(IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg huntobserved in the US and many parts of Europe) The act ofreplacing unrelated components more or less at random in thehope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider thisthe normal operating mode of field circus techs and do notlove them for it.Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.
By Denis Howe
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