OT: Meaning of "monkey"

[Kushal Kumaran]

2010/3/26 Luis M. González <luismgz at gmail.com>:
> Webmonkey, Greasemonkey, monkey-patching, Tracemonkey, Jägermonkey,
> Spidermonkey, Mono (monkey in spanish), codemonkey, etc, etc, etc...
>
> Monkeys everywhere.
> Sorry for the off topic question, but what does "monkey" mean in a
> nerdy-geek context??
>

These might help you get the gist:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/code-monkey.html
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/tape-monkey.html

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regards,
kushal