box
box n.
A computer; esp. in the construction foo box where foo is some functional qualifier, like graphics, or the name of an OS (thus, Unix box, Windows box, etc.) “We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe.”
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boxbox n. A computer; esp. in the construction foo box where foo is some functional qualifier, like graphics, or the name of an OS (thus, Unix box, Windows box, etc.) “We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe.” |
The Jargon FileCartoonsThe crunchly sagaThe infamous Crunchly cartoons by The Great Quux are woven into the lexicon, each next to an appropriate entry. To read them in the sequence in which they were written, chase pointers from here using the ‘next cartoon’ information in the captions. |