tickle a bug

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

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."

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

tickle a bug

   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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