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/pres`t*-di"j*-ti:-zay"sh*n/ 1. A term coined by Daniel Klein <dvk@lonewolf.com> for the act of putting something into digital notation via sleight of hand.
["Open Channel", IEEE "Computer", November 1981].
2. Data entry through legerdemain.
(1994-11-01)
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