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| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Banana problem n. [from the story of the little girl who said "I know how to spell `banana', but I don't know when to stop"]. Not knowing where or when to bring a production to a close (compare fencepost error). One may say `there is a banana problem' of an algorithm with poorly defined or incorrect termination conditions, or in discussing the evolution of a design that may be succumbing to featuritis (see also creeping elegance, creeping featuritis). See item 176 under HAKMEM, which describes a banana problem in a Dissociated Press implementation. Also, see one-banana problem for a superficially similar but unrelated usage. Source: Jargon File. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "BANANA PROBLEM": one-banana problem. | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-b-e-l-m-n-n-o-p-r" | |
-4 letters: nonarable. | |
-5 letters: abnormal, bannerol, nobleman, panorama, parabola, paranoea, probable. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 41 4E 41 4E 41 50 52 4F 42 4C 45 4D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01000001 01001110 01000001 01001110 01000001 00100000 01010000 01010010 01001111 01000010 01001100 01000101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B A N A N A   P R O B L E M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0041 004E 0041 004E 0041 0050 0052 004F 0042 004C 0045 004D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)363548354835250524936463947 |
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