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• doorstop n. Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup.
  When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop....
• boat anchor: n. 1. Like {doorstop} but more severe
  implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless....
• boat anchor n. [common; from ham radio] 1. Like doorstop but more severe
  implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless....
• double DECkers: n. Used to describe married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• green machine: n. A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and built to military specifications for field equipment (that i
  o withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and humidity, and so forth)....
• gonkulator: /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ [from the old "Hogan's Heroes" TV series] n.
  A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose....
• geek out: vi. To temporarily enter techno-nerd mode while in a non-hackish context, for example at parties held near computer equipment.
  Especially used when you need to do or say something highly technical and don't have time to explai...
• womb box: n. 1. [TMRC] Storage space for equipment.
  2. [proposed] A variety of hard-shell equipment case with heavy interior padding and/or shaped carrier cutouts in a foam-rubber matrix...
• dead: adj. 1. Non-functional; {down}; {crash}ed. Especially used of hardware.
  2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support....