knobs

( pl.n.)

   Configurable  options,  even  in  software  and  even those you can't
   adjust  in real time. Anything you can {twiddle} is a knob. "Has this
   PNG  viewer  got  an alpha knob?" Software may be described as having
   "knobs  and  switches"  or  occasionally "knobs and lights". See also
   {nerd knob}

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {nerd knob}{twiddle}]