:hamster: n. 1. [Fairchild] A particularly slick little piece of
code that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The
image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel. 2. A
tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a receiver on
the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable. 3. [UK] Any
item of hardware made by Amstrad, a company famous for its cheap
plastic PC-almost-compatibles.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
code that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The
image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel. 2. A
tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a receiver on
the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable. 3. [UK] Any
item of hardware made by Amstrad, a company famous for its cheap
plastic PC-almost-compatibles.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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