Boxen /bok'sn/ Pl.n. [very Common; By Analogy With VAXen] Fanciful Plural Of Box Often Encountered In The Phrase `Unix Boxen', Used To Describe Commodity Unix Hardware.

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boxen /bok'sn/ pl.n.

[very common; by analogy with
VAXen] Fanciful plural of box often encountered in the
phrase `Unix boxen', used to describe commodity Unix
hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are
interchangeable.

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