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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>knobs</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../K.html" title="K"/><link rel="previous" href="Knights-of-the-Lambda-Calculus.html" title="Knights of the Lambda Calculus"/><link rel="next" href="knurd.html" title="knurd"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">knobs</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Knights-of-the-Lambda-Calculus.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">K</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="knurd.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="knobs"/><dt xmlns="" id="knobs"><b>knobs</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">pl.n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Configurable options, even in software and even those you can't
adjust in real time. Anything you can <a href="../T/twiddle.html"><i class="glossterm">twiddle</i></a> is a
knob. &#8220;<span class="quote">Has this PNG viewer got an alpha knob?</span>&#8221; Software may
be described as having &#8220;<span class="quote">knobs and switches</span>&#8221; or occasionally
&#8220;<span class="quote">knobs and lights</span>&#8221;. See also <a href="../N/nerd-knob.html"><i class="glossterm">nerd knob</i></a></p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Knights-of-the-Lambda-Calculus.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../K.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="knurd.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Knights of the Lambda Calculus </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> knurd</td></tr></table></div></body></html>