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vaxen

vaxen

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  VAXen  /vak'sn/  n.  [from  `oxen',  perhaps  influenced  by  `vixen'] 
  (alt.  `vaxen')  The  plural  canonically  used  among  hackers  for  the  {DEC} 
  VAX  computers.  "Our  installation  has  four  PDP-10s  and  twenty  vaxen." 
  See  {boxen}. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  VAXen 
 
  /vak'sn/  (From  "oxen",  perhaps  influenced  by  "vixen")  The 
  plural  canonically  used  among  hackers  for  the  {DEC}  {VAX} 
  computers.  "Our  installation  has  four  PDP-10s  and  twenty 
  vaxen." 
 
  See  {boxen}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1995-02-20)