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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}]
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