Tickle a bug

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tickle a bug

Usage: vt.

tickle a bug: vt.

To cause a normally hidden bug to manifest itself through some known series of inputs or operations. "You can tickle the bug in the Paradise VGA card's highlight handling by trying to set bright yellow reverse video."

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Sources

Source: tickle a bug, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.

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