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rainbow box

rainbow box noun: a supposed device used in phreaking, said to damage telephone lines by sending a high voltage through them; actually a hoax.

Noun

rainbow box (plural rainbow boxes)

  1. A supposed device used in phreaking, said to damage telephone lines by sending a high voltage through them; actually a hoax.

Forms of rainbow box

pluralrainbow boxes

Questions about rainbow box

What does rainbow box mean?
Rainbow box means a supposed device used in phreaking, said to damage telephone lines by sending a high voltage through them; actually a hoax.
What part of speech is rainbow box?
Rainbow box is a noun.
What is the plural of rainbow box?
The plural of rainbow box is rainbow boxes.

Words near rainbow box in the dictionary

  1. rainbow bodies
  2. rainbow body
  3. rainbow bomb
  4. rainbow bombs
  5. Rainbow Books
  6. rainbow box
  7. rainbow boxes
  8. rainbow bridge
  9. rainbow cactus
  10. rainbow capitalism
  11. rainbow carrots

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