tape monkey n.
A junior system administrator, one who
might plausibly be assigned to do physical swapping of tapes and
subsequent storage. When a backup needs to be restored, one might
holler "Tape monkey!" (Compare one-banana problem) Also used
to dismiss jobs not worthy of a highly trained sysadmin's ineffable
talents: "Cable up her PC? You must be joking - I'm no tape
monkey."
A junior system administrator, one who
might plausibly be assigned to do physical swapping of tapes and
subsequent storage. When a backup needs to be restored, one might
holler "Tape monkey!" (Compare one-banana problem) Also used
to dismiss jobs not worthy of a highly trained sysadmin's ineffable
talents: "Cable up her PC? You must be joking - I'm no tape
monkey."
Related:
- one-banana problem n.
At mainframe shops, where the
computers have operators for routine administrivia,
the programmers and hardware people tend to look... - one-banana problem: n. At mainframe shops, where the computers
have operators for routine administrivia,
the programmers and hardware people tend to look... - Infinite-Monkey Theorem n.
"If you put an infinite
number of monkeys at typewriters,
eventually one will bash out the script for Hamlet... - Infinite-Monkey Theorem: n. "If you put an {infinite} number
of monkeys at typewriters,
eventually one will bash out the script for Hamlet... - scratch monkey n.
As in "Before testing or reconfiguring,
always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise... - 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... - scratch
1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data
structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or
temporary-use purposes;
one that can be scribbled on without loss. Usually... - scratch: 1. [from `scratchpad'] adj. Describes a data
structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or
temporary-use purposes;
one that can be {scribble}d on without loss. Usually... - 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...
From the same category:
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Used in an exaggeration of its normal meaning,
to imply total incomprehensibility. "The reason for... - C Programmer's Disease n.
The tendency of the undisciplined
C programmer to set arbitrary but supposedly generous static limits
on table sizes (defined,
if you're lucky, by constants in... - copyleft /kop'ee-left/ n.
[play on `copyright'] 1.
The copyright notice (`General Public License')... - flower key n.
[Mac users] See feature key... - firmy /fer'mee/ n.
Syn.
stiffy (a 3.5-inch floppy disk)...
