Meaning of Wizard of Oz | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person, believed to have magical powers because of awe-inspiring displays, but, as ultimately revealed, ordinary.
2. A person simulating the operation of a supposed intelligent device, usually in an experiment.
   attributive, usually

Examples

“Nevertheless, as a great and terrible being, the Kafkan patriarch is in fact more like⟳ the Wizard of Oz than the Lord God of Israel. The dread-inspiring aura with which the father surrounds himself is based not on power and glory, but on bluff and bravado.”

“2006 October 25, Joe Scarborough, interview with Bill Mahar, Scarborough Country, MSNBC I'm not one of these people that say⟳, “Listen⟳, we should bow down to the Wizard of Oz ’cause we don’t know⟳ what’s going on behind that curtain.””

“But as I interpret⟳ both Honest Abe and P. T. Barnum, the Wizards of Oz of the world have⟳ more influence⟳ than Congress or the Supreme Court.”

““Sort⟳ of a 'Wizard of Oz,' pull⟳ the curtain back and show⟳ how the sausage is made,” Alexandra Pelosi says.”

“The goal of Neimo is to provide⟳ designers with a "Wizard of Oz" environment to observe⟳ and evaluate⟳ how users interact with multimodal interfaces.”

“Once a preliminary application design⟳ is complete⟳, a wizard-of-oz study⟳ can help⟳ test⟳ and refine the interface.”

“A Wizard of Oz prototype is an incomplete system that a designer can simulate "behind a curtain" (usually by taking the place⟳ of a recognizer) while observing the reactions of real end⟳ users (see⟳ Figure⟳ 1).”

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