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• one-banana problem n. At mainframe shops, where the computers have operators for routine administrivia
  he programmers and hardware people tend to look down on the operators and claim that a trained monkey could do their job....
• one-banana problem: n. At mainframe shops, where the computers have operators for routine administrivia
  he programmers and hardware people tend to look down on the operators and claim that a trained monkey could do their job....
• Infinite-Monkey Theorem n. "If you put an infinite number of monkeys at typewriters, eventually one will bash out the script for Hamlet.
  (One may also hypothesize a small number of monkeys and a very long period of time....
• Infinite-Monkey Theorem: n. "If you put an {infinite} number of monkeys at typewriters, eventually one will bash out the script for Hamlet.
  (One may also hypothesize a small number of monkeys and a very long period of time....
• 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....
• A rope lying over the top of a fence is the same length on each side.
  It weighs one third of a pound per foot. On one end hangs a monkey holding a banana, and on the other end a weight equal to the weight of the 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'....
• banana problem n. [from the story of the little girl who said "I know how to spell `banana', but I don't know when to stop"].
  Not knowing where or when to bring a production to a close (compare fencepost error)....