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toy: n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers. 1. nice toy: One that supports
the speaker's hacking style adequately. 2. just a toy: A machine that
yields insufficient computrons for the speaker's
preferred uses. This is not condemnatory, as is
bitty box; toys can at least be fun. It is also strongly conditioned
by one's expectations; Cray XMP users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a
toy, and certainly all RISC boxes and
mainframes are toys by their standards. See also
Get a real computer!.
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