[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

noddy \nod"dy\, n.; pl. noddies. prob. fr. nod to incline the
   head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.
   1. a simpleton; a fool. --l'estrange.

   syn: tomnoddy.
        1913 webster

   2. zool.
      a any tern of the genus anous, as anous stolidus.
      b the arctic fulmar fulmarus glacialis. sometimes
          also applied to other sea birds.
          1913 webster

   3. an old game at cards. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   4. a small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
      1913 webster

   5. an inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat
      spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; --
      used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal
      vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
      1913 webster
see also:
noddies anous anous stolidus fulmarus glacialis 

[2] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

noddy /nod'ee/ adj. uk: from the children's books 1. small and
   un-useful, but demonstrating a point. noddy programs are often written
   by people learning a new language or system. the archetypal noddy
   program is hello world. noddy code may be used to demonstrate a
   feature or bug of a compiler. may be used of real hardware or software
   to imply that it isn't worth using. "this editor's a bit noddy." 2. a
   program that is more or less instant to produce. in this use, the term
   does not necessarily connote uselessness, but describes a hack
   sufficiently trivial that it can be written and debugged while carrying
   on and during the space of a normal conversation. "i'll just throw
   together a noddy awk script to dump all the first fields." in north
   america this might be called a mickey mouse program. see toy
   program.


see also:
hello world hack awk mickey mouse program toy program 

[3] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

noddy
     
        /nod'ee/ uk: from the children's books 1. small and
        un-useful, but demonstrating a point.  noddy programs are
        often written by people learning a new language or system.
        the archetypal noddy program is hello, world.  noddy code
        may be used to demonstrate a feature or bug of a compiler.
        may be used of real hardware or software to imply that it
        isn't worth using.  "this editor's a bit noddy."
     
        2. a program that is more or less instant to produce.  in this
        use, the term does not necessarily connote uselessness, but
        describes a hack sufficiently trivial that it can be written
        and debugged while carrying on and during the space of a
        normal conversation.  "i'll just throw together a noddy awk
        script to dump all the first fields."  in north america this
        might be called a mickey mouse program.  see toy program.
     
        3. a simple hence the name language to handle text and
        interaction on the memotech home computer.  has died with
        the machine.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
hello, world hack awk mickey mouse program toy program memotech 
jargon file 

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