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monty

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(programming, abuse)monty - /mon'tee/ Any program with a ludicrously complex user interface that performs a trivial task. An example would be a menu-driven, button clicking, pulldown, pop-up windows program for listing directories. The original monty was a weather reporting program, Monty the Amazing Weather Man, written at the USGS. Monty had a widget-packed X-window interface with over 200 buttons; and all it actually *did* was FTP files off the network.


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"Furthermore," the man whom Trent had addressed as Monty continued, "there arises the question of danger and physical suitability to the situation.
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