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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>tip of the ice-cube</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="TINLC.html" title="TINLC"/><link rel="next" href="tired-iron.html" title="tired iron"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">tip of the ice-cube</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="TINLC.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="tired-iron.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="tip-of-the-ice-cube"/><dt xmlns="" id="tip-of-the-ice-cube"><b>tip of the ice-cube</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">//</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [IBM] The visible part of something small and insignificant. Used
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as an ironic comment in situations where ‘tip of the iceberg’
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