(OR "Chinese Army technique") Assigning a large number of inexperienced programmers to a job which would better perfORmed by a few skilled ones. The term was first used by Dr. Fred Brooks in his book "{The Mythical Man-Month}", Chapter 3. AccORding to Dr. Brooks, he had in mind the vision of the Mongol HORdes sweeping across Asia and Europe when he created the term. [Jargon File] (1996-06-20)