manularity

manularity
 /man`yoo.la'ri.tee/, n.

   [prob. fr. techspeak manual + granularity] A notional measure of the
   manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that
   automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has
   much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the
   revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of
   primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent
   requirement to do a computing task {by hand} will inevitably seize the
   opportunity to build another tool (see {toolsmith}).
    

manularity

   /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional
   measure of the manual labor required for some task,
   particularly one of the sort that {automation} is supposed to
   eliminate.  "Composing English on paper has much higher
   manularity than using a text editor, especially in the
   revising stage."  Hackers tend to consider manularity a
   symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker
   confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task
   {by hand} will inevitably seize the opportunity to build
   another tool (see {toolsmith}).

   [{Jargon File}]

   (1994-10-26)