(typically set for half volt increments from 0.5V to 5.0V), a 10-segment LED display driver for negative voltages (typically set for half volt increments from -0.5V to -5.0V), a zero LED driver for voltages that are too small to register on either the positive or negative displays, an adjustable positive peak detector LED driver, an adjustable negative peak detector LED driver, and two jacks on the front panel that make it easy to hook the Veeblefetzer into a patch without having to use a multiple.
I'll take two. They're small.
Veeblefetzer is a purposely nonsensical sounding word (at least to the English-speaking ear) applied to any sort of obscure or complicated object, e.g. a piece of computer code, model railroad equipment, auto parts, etc.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s Mad (magazine) used the word along these lines, especially in its send-ups of big business. "North American Veeblefetzer" was the subject of satires of corporate annual reports, an in-house company newsletter and more. A Veeblefetzer, in their case, was a robot-like device that did something or other.
The earliest recorded use of “Veeblefetzer” was by Alfred J. Gross, a pioneer of mobile communications. He invented the walkie-talkie, developed cordless remote telephone signaling (the precursor to the pager) and was the father of the CB radio. His CB “handle” or pseudonym, adopted in the 1940s, was Phineas Thadeus Veeblefetzer.
Whether or not Al Gross influenced Mad’s use of the word, the origin for both was probably a 19th century Yiddish language slang word, possibly with limited usage. In German, "Fetzer" is any contraption, while "Veeble" is a likely corruption of "Webel" -- meaning weaving. Textile mills of this period were crammed with very complicated, wildly active and very loud pieces of machinery.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veeblefetzer