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beige boxes

beige boxes is the plural of beige box.

Meaning of beige box

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 (broadly, derogatory) An outdated personal computer.

Questions about beige boxes

What is beige boxes the plural of?
Beige boxes is the plural of beige box.

Words near beige boxes in the dictionary

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

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