toy problem

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toy problem - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  toy problem
  
     [AI] A deliberately oversimplified case of a challenging
     problem used to investigate, prototype, or test algorithms for
     a real problem.  Sometimes used pejoratively.  See also
     gedanken, toy program.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

toy problem - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  toy problem
   n.
  
     [AI] A deliberately oversimplified case of a challenging problem used
     to investigate, prototype, or test algorithms for a real problem.
     Sometimes used pejoratively. See also gedanken, toy program.