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beige box

beige box noun: a device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.

beige box: a device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a...
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Noun

beige box (plural beige boxes)

  1. (hacking) A device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.
  2. A desktop computer in the style typical of personal computers of the 1980s and 1990s, having a boxy off-white case and CRT monitor.
  3. (broadly, derogatory) An outdated personal computer.

Forms of beige box

pluralbeige boxes

Questions about beige box

What does beige box mean?
Beige box means a device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.
What part of speech is beige box?
Beige box is a noun.
What is the plural of beige box?
The plural of beige box is beige boxes.

Words near beige box in the dictionary

  1. Beierles
  2. Beigan
  3. Beigang
  4. beige
  5. Beige Book
  6. beige box
  7. beige boxes
  8. beige fat
  9. beige flag
  10. beige flags
  11. beige prose

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