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Eyeball search

(Or vgrep) To look for something in a mass of code or data with one's own native optical sensors, as opposed to using some sort of pattern matching software like grep or any other automated search tool.

Compare vdiff, desk check.

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eXternal Data Representation external memory EXTRA extranet EXUG	by hand desk check retronym vdiff	EZ ezd e-zine f2c F2F