nerd knob

( n.)

   [Cisco] A command in a complex piece of software which is more likely
   to be used by an extremely experienced user to tweak a setting of one
   sort  or another - a setting which the average user may not even know
   exists.  Nerd  knobs  tend  to  be  toggles,  turning  on  or  off  a
   particular,  specific,  narrowly  defined  behavior.  Special case of
   {knobs}.

[glossary]
[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {knobs}]