Mickey mouse program
jargon
The North American equivalent of a “noddy program”, i.e. trivial. The term doesn’t necessarily have the belittling connotations of mainstream slang “Oh, that’s just mickey mouse stuff!”; sometimes trivial programs can be very useful.
[Jargon File]
(1995-04-10)
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