:toy: n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking style
adequately. 2. `just a toy': A machine that yields
insufficient {computron}s for the speaker's preferred uses. This
is not condemnatory, as is {bitty box}; toys can at least be fun.
It is also strongly conditioned by one's expectations; Cray XMP
users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a `toy', and certainly all RISC
boxes and mainframes are toys by their standards. See also {Get
a real computer!}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking style
adequately. 2. `just a toy': A machine that yields
insufficient {computron}s for the speaker's preferred uses. This
is not condemnatory, as is {bitty box}; toys can at least be fun.
It is also strongly conditioned by one's expectations; Cray XMP
users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a `toy', and certainly all RISC
boxes and mainframes are toys by their standards. See also {Get
a real computer!}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- toy n.
A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking... - bitty box: /bit'ee boks/ n. 1. A computer sufficiently small,
primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute... - toy problem: [AI] n. A deliberately oversimplified case of a
challenging problem used to investigate,
prototype, or test algorithms for a real problem... - bitty box /bit'ee boks/ n.
1. A computer sufficiently
small,
primitive, or incapable as to cause a hacker acute... - toaster: n. 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an
embedded microprocessor controller;
often used in comments that imply that a scheme... - toy program: n. 1. One that can be readily comprehended;
hence, a trivial program (compare {noddy}). 2.... - computron /kom'pyoo-tron`/
n. 1. [common] A notional
unit of computing power combining instruction speed and storage
capacity,
dimensioned roughly in instructions-per-second times... - toy problem n.
[AI] A deliberately oversimplified case of a
challenging problem used to investigate,
prototype, or test algorithms for a real problem... - toy 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...
From the same category:
- And as we stand on the edge of darkness
Let our chant
fill the void That others may know In the... - A tall,
dark stranger will have more fun than you... - Typical Canadian:
"Who's Rush Limbaugh... - Send a thief to catch a
thief... - People are SUPPOSED to be inconvenient. If you're too
convenient,
you aren't doing your job...
