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Macintoy: /mak'in-toy/ N. The Apple Macintosh, Considered As A {toy}.
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:Macintoy: /mak'in-toy/ n. The Apple Macintosh, considered as a
{toy}. Less pejorative than {Macintrash}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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Macintoy /mak'in-toy/ n. The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy.
Less pejorative than Macintrash....
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....
beige toaster: n. A Macintosh. See {toaster}; compare {Macintrash}, {maggotbox}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
oy problem: [AI] n. 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}....
oy language: n. A language useful for instructional purposes or as a proof-of-concept for some aspect of computer-science theory, but inadequate for general-purpose programming.
{Bad Thing}s can result when a toy language is promoted as a general purpose solution for programming (see {bondage-and-discipline language})...
Hackintosh: n. 1. An Apple Lisa that has been hacked into emulating a Macintosh (also called a `Mac XL').
2. A Macintosh assembled from parts theoretically belonging to different models in the line....
oy: n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately....
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....
point-and-drool interface: n. Parody of the techspeak term `point-and-shoot interface', describing a windows, icons, and mouse-based interface such as is found on the Macintosh.
The implication, of course, is that such an interface is only suitable for idiots....