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Maggotbox /mag'*t-boks/ N. See Macintrash. This Is Even More Derogatory.
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maggotbox /mag'*t-boks/ n.
See Macintrash. This is
even more derogatory.
Related:
beige toaster n. A Macintosh. See toaster; compare Macintrash, maggotbox.
beige toaster: n. A Macintosh. See {toaster}; compare {Macintrash}, {maggotbox}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Macintrash /mak'in-trash`/ n. The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate being kept away from the real computer by the interface.
The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina....
Macintrash: /mak'in-trash`/ n. The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface.
The term {maggotbox} has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina....
warez kiddies n. Even more derogatory way of referring to warez d00dz
efers to the fact that most warez d00dz are around the age of puberty. Compare script kiddies....
bitty box /bit'ee boks/ n. 1. A computer sufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developing software on or for it.
Especially used of small, obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal machines such as the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80, or IBM PC....
bitty box: /bit'ee boks/ n. 1. A computer sufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developing software on or for it.
Especially used of small, obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal machines such as the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80, or IBM PC....
Bubble Memory, n.: A derogatory term, usually referring to a person's intelligence.
See also "vacuum tube"....