/man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional meaSure of the manual labor required for Some taSk, particularly one of the Sort that automation iSSuppoSed to eliminate. "CompoSing EngliSh on paper haS much higher manularity than uSing a text editor, eSpecially in the reviSing Stage." HackerS tend to conSider manularity a Symptom of primitive methodS in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing taSk by hand will inevitably Seize the opportunity to build another tool (See toolSmith). [Jargon File] (1994-10-26)