[IBM] The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at
random in hopes that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider
this the normal operating mode of {field circus} techs and do not
love them for it. See also the jokes under {field circus}. Compare
{shotgun debugging}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {field circus}{scram switch}{shotgun debugging}]