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one-banana problem

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  • noun Technical meaning of one-banana problem (jargon, abuse)   At computer installations where the computers have operators for routine administrivia, the programmers and hardware people tend to look down on the operators and claim that a trained monkey could do their job. The incentives offered to said monkeys would then describe the difficulty of a task. A one-banana problem is simple; hence, "It's only a one-banana job at the most; what's taking them so long?" See also Infinite-Monkey Theorem. 1
  • noun one-banana problem (Idiomatic) (jargon, Internet, computing) A problem with a low level of difficulty. 0

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