permute

 
Pronunciation: /pəˈmjuːt/

verb

[with object] technical
  • submit to a process of alteration, rearrangement, or permutation: we wish to permute the order of the bytes

Origin:

late Middle English (also in the sense 'interchange'): from Latin permutare 'change completely', from per- 'through, completely' + mutare 'to change'