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• box: n. 1. A computer; esp. in the construction `foo box' where foo is some functional qualifier, like `graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, `UNIX box', `MS-DOS box', etc.
  ) "We preprocess the data on UNIX boxes before handing it up to the mainframe....
• front end: n. 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a `back end').
  2. What you're talking to when you have a conversation with someone who is making replies without paying attention....
• box n. 1. A computer; esp. in the construction `foo box' where foo is some functional qualifier, like `graphics', or the name of an OS (thus, `Unix box', `MS-DOS box', etc.
  ) "We preprocess the data on Unix boxes before handing it up to the mainframe....
• clocks: n. Processor logic cycles, so called because each generally corresponds to one clock pulse in the processor's timing.
  The relative execution times of instructions on a machine are usually discussed in clocks rather than absolute fractions of a second...
• flat: adj. 1. Lacking any complex internal structure.
  That {bitty box} has only a flat filesystem, not a hierarchical one....
• domainist: /doh-mayn'ist/ adj. 1. Said of an {{Internet address}} (as opposed to a {bang path}) because the part to the right of the `@' specifies a nested series of `domains'
  for example, esr@snark.thyrsus.com specifies the machine called snark in the subdomain called thyrsus within the top-level domain called com....
• crippleware: n. 1. Software that has some important functionality deliberately removed, so as to entice potential users to pay for a working version.
  2. [Cambridge] {Guiltware} that exhorts you to donate to some charity (compare {careware}, {nagware})....
• chine nual: /sheen'yu-*l/ [MIT] n.,obs. The LISP Machine Manual, so called because the title was wrapped around the cover so only those letters showed on the front.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• mainframe: n. Term originally referring to the cabinet containing the central processor unit or `main frame' of a room-filling {Stone Age} batch machine.
  After the emergence of smaller `minicomputer' designs in the early 1970s, the traditional {big iron} machines were described as `mainframe computers' and eventually just as mainframes....