Hackintosh: N. 1. An Apple Lisa That Has Been Hacked Into Emulating A Macintosh (also Called A `Mac XL').

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• 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....
• Macintoy: /mak'in-toy/ n. The Apple Macintosh, considered as a {toy}.
  Less pejorative than {Macintrash}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 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....
• alt: /awlt/ 1. n. The alt shift key on an IBM PC or {clone} keyboard
  ee {bucky bits}, sense 2 (though typical PC usage does not simply set the 0200 bit)....
• Moof: /moof/ [MAC users] 1. n. A semi-legendary creature, also called the `dogcow', that lurks in the depths of the Macintosh Technical Notes Hypercard stack V3.
  1; specifically, the full story of the dogcow is told in technical note #31 (the particular Moof illustrated is properly named `Clarus')....
• bomb: 1. v. General synonym for {crash} (sense 1) except that it is not used as a nou
  esp. used of software or OS failures. "Don't run Empire with less than 32K stack, it'll bomb....
• fontology: [XEROX PARC] n. The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.
  g., for window systems and typesetting software)....
• feature key: n. The Macintosh key with the cloverleaf graphic on its keytop
  ometimes referred to as `flower', `pretzel', `clover', `propeller', `beanie' (an apparent reference to the major feature of a propeller beanie), {splat}, or the `command key'....
• blivet: /bliv'*t/ [allegedly from a World War II military term meaning "ten pounds of manure in a five-pound bag"] n.
  1. An intractable problem. 2. A crucial piece of hardware that can't be fixed or replaced if it breaks....