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Monkey and Banana problem
  • "Figure 32.—Julius obtaining banana by using pole to climb up on and spring from. Figure 33.—Using pole to swing out on so that banana could be grasped. Figure 34.—Using stick to draw carrot within reach." From ''The mental life of monkeys and apes; a study of ideational behavior'', by [[Robert Mearns Yerkes]], 1916

one-banana problem      
At mainframe shops, 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. It is frequently observed that the incentives that 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; what'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 variations, cosmic rays and ISO"). At a complication level any higher than that, one asks the manufacturers to send someone around to check things. See also Infinite-Monkey Theorem. [Jargon File]
Banana peel         
  • A banana peel on the ground.
  • Discarded banana peels
  • A banana peeled the "monkey way"
PEEL OF THE FRUIT OF A BANANA (GENUS MUSA)
Banana skin; Banana peels; Slipping on a banana peel
A banana peel, called banana skin in British English, is the outer covering of the banana fruit. Banana peels are used as food for animals, an ingredient in cooking, in water purification, for manufacturing of several biochemical products as well as for jokes and comical situations.
banana peel         
  • A banana peel on the ground.
  • Discarded banana peels
  • A banana peeled the "monkey way"
PEEL OF THE FRUIT OF A BANANA (GENUS MUSA)
Banana skin; Banana peels; Slipping on a banana peel
(banana peels)
A banana peel is the same as a banana skin
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Wikipedia

Monkey and banana problem

The monkey and banana problem is a famous toy problem in artificial intelligence, particularly in logic programming and planning.