tip of the ice-cube

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)

tip of the ice-cube
 n., //

   [IBM] The visible part of something small and insignificant. Used as
   an ironic comment in situations where `tip of the iceberg' might be
   appropriate if the subject were at all important.

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

tip of the ice-cube

   [IBM] The visible part of something small and insignificant.
   Used as an ironic comment in situations where "tip of the
   iceberg" might be appropriate if the subject were at all
   important.

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