1. frob - Noun
2. frob - Verb
frob (plural frobs)
(MIT) Any small device or object (usually hand-sized) which can be manipulated.
Hand me that frob there, will you?
(computing, slang, rare, transitive) To manipulate in some ill-defined way; to tweak or mess about with.
(Silicon Valley, slang) To perform a task that is clear to the speaker but too complex or tedious to be explained, so that outside help is not helpful.
Why don't you go get lunch? I need to frob with this thing for about 30 minutes and then we'll be good to go.
(programming, Linux, Gnu C) To transform and obscure in a trivial fashion with memfrob(3).
Source: en.wiktionary.orgYoyodyne, Inc., hereby disclaims all copyright interest in the library `Frob’ (a library for tweaking knobs) written by James Random Hacker. Source: Internet