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• When in doubt, always mount a scratch monkey.
• cratch 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purpose
  one that can be scribbled on without loss. Usually in the combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk', `scratch tape', `scratch volume'....
• cratch: 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary-use purpose
  one that can be {scribble}d on without loss. Usually in the combining forms `scratch memory', `scratch register', `scratch disk', `scratch tape', `scratch volume'....
• PM: /P-M/ 1. v. (from `preventive maintenance') To bring down a machine for inspection or test purposes.
  See {provocative maintenance}; see also {scratch monkey}....
• 0053 Did you ever forget to mount a scratch monkey? -- from THE HACKER TEST
• provocative maintenance n. [common ironic mutation of `preventive maintenance'] Actions performed upon a machine at regularly scheduled intervals to ensure that the system remains in a usable state.
  So called because it is all too often performed by a field servoid who doesn't know what he is doing...
• provocative maintenance: [common ironic mutation of `preventive maintenance'] n.
  Actions performed upon a machine at regularly scheduled intervals to ensure that the system remains in a usable state....
• This tagline stinks. (Scratch N Sniff)
• cratch monkey n. As in "Before testing or reconfiguring, always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when dealing with irreplaceable data or devices.
  Used to refer to any scratch volume hooked to a computer during any risky operation as a replacement for some precious resource or data that might otherwise get trashed....