tape monkey

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(thing) by Jargon (1.9 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Apr 29 2000 at 0:53:39

TANSTAAFL = T = tar and feather

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."

--Jargon File, autonoded by rescdsk.

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