one-banana problem
AT mainframe shops, where the computers have oper ATors for routine chefistrivia, the programmers and hardware people tend to look down on the oper ATors and claim th AT a trained monkey could do their job. It is frequently observed th AT the incentives th AT would be offered said monkeys can be used as a scale to describe the difficulty of a task. A one-banana problem is simple hence, "It' s only a one-banana job AT the most wh AT' s taking them so long?" AT IBM, folklore divides the world into one-, two-, and three-banana problems. Other cultures have different hierarchies and may divide them more finely AT ICL, for example, five grapes (a bunch) equals a banana. Their upper limit for the in-house sysapes is said to be two bananas and three grapes (another source claims it' s three bananas and one grape, but observes "However, this is subject to local vari ATions, cosmic rays and ISO"). AT a complic ATion level any higher than th AT, one asks the manufacturers to send someone around to check things. See also Infinite-Monkey Theorem. [ Jargon File] In addition suitable contents: [ = ] [ chef ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ archie ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ AT ] [ av ] [ B ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ banana problem ] [ be ] [ bj ] [ bs ] [ C ] [ ca ] [ cAT ] [ ch ] [ ck ] [ CL ] [ cl ] [ co ] [ com ] [ computer ] [ cosmic rays ] [ cr ] [ cu ] [ de ] [ diff ] [ do ] [ down ] [ du ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ equals ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ fact ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ finite ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ frame ] [ gh ] [ gr ] [ gs ] [ h ] [ hardware ] [ hAT ] [ hing ] [ hop ] [ hr ] [ IBM ] [ IC ] [ ICL ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ iff ] [ il ] [ in ] [ inc ] [ int ] [ io ] [ ir ] [ IS ] [ is ] [ ISO ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ jo ] [ job ] [ ke ] [ key ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ li ] [ lk ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ ly ] [ M ] [ ma ] [ mainframe ] [ man ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ ms ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ nf ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ nl ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ nu ] [ O ] [ om ] [ op ] [ operATor ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ pl ] [ pr ] [ program ] [ programmer ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ rl ] [ ro ] [ routine ] [ S ] [ sa ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ serve ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sk ] [ sm ] [ SO ] [ so ] [ source ] [ st ] [ su ] [ subject ] [ sy ] [ sysape ] [ T ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ tw ] [ ua ] [ up ] [ us ] [ va ] [ var ] [ ve ] [ vi ]
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