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Scratch Monkey: Big Iron (Computing), Bit Bucket, Bit Rot
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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A Scratch Monkey
is a term used in hacker jargon, as in "Before testing or reconfiguring,
always mount a scratch monkey", a proverb used to advise caution when
dealing with irreplaceable data or devices. Used to refer to any
temporary configuration changes to a computer during any risky operation
which include a replacement for some precious resource or data that
might otherwise be destroyed. The meaning is based upon the use in the
1980s of a scratch tape, or other storage device which was available for
temporary use, to temporarily store a copy of valuable data or provide
extra storage space in case a program required that space. If a problem
occurred the valuable data could be recovered from its sole remaining
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