Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

prestidigitization
     
        /pres`t*-di"j*-ti:-zay"sh*n/ 1. A term coined by Daniel Klein
         for the act of putting something into
        digital notation via sleight of hand.
     
        ["Open Channel", IEEE "Computer", November 1981].
     
        2. Data entry through legerdemain.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1994-11-01)