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boxen |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boxen \Box"en\ (b[o^]ks"'n), a. Made of boxwood; pertaining to or resembling, the box ({Buxus}). [R.] The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. --Dryden. From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: boxen /bok'sn/ pl.n. [very common; by analogy with {VAXen}] Fanciful plural of {box} often encountered in the phrase `Unix boxen', used to describe commodity {{Unix}} hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: boxen /bok'sn/ (By analogy with {VAXen}) A fanciful plural of {box} often encountered in the phrase "Unix boxen", used to describe commodity {Unix} hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable. [{Jargon File}] (1994-11-29)
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