A low-level computer operator or systems administrator. So named for one of the customary duties of such a position, which was to start backups manually from the command line, switch tapes as needed, and monitor the backup for successful completion.
Storage Area Networks, RAID arrays, tape jukeboxes, and the like have largely rendered such jobs obsolete.
Storage Area Networks, RAID arrays, tape jukeboxes, and the like have largely rendered such jobs obsolete.
"I started out as a third-shift tape ape because I knew a few Unix commands and could use a shell prompt. Taught myself systems administration and programming while watching the tapes spin and now I'm a software developer."
by bikergeek April 19, 2013
Get the tape apemug. by Sexier Joe April 28, 2007
Get the ape tacklermug. The King of Thailand, better known as Bhumibol Adulyadej. he is known as such for his love of feet (at least according to Westerners!)
by Toshmon January 16, 2008
Get the Ape Kingmug. A difficult class available in high school that involves hard concepts like derivatives and integration.
by 5'1"Racer June 5, 2005
Get the ap calculusmug. Going mad. When someone goes full ape, you should NOT be around them for at least a day. Give them time to cool off. Make sure they aren't going to hurt you, while they are in the process of destroying a bunch of shit.
by uhoh! October 26, 2015
Get the Full Apemug. by Dar2 March 21, 2017
Get the Ape-Itudemug. An advanced placement course offered in high school to those who are so advanced in their farting studies that they leave their gaseous neophyte cohorts in the immense and highly noxious fartclouds they so artfully create.
I was not at all surprised to find my best friend there on that first day of AP Fartology, as he and I had most certainly established ourselves early on as the crowned fart kings of the seventh grade.
by Dr Bunnygirl June 8, 2023
Get the AP Fartologymug.