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boxen
noun
(
context, computing, slang
) Multiple computers (or occasionally a single computer), especially those running Unix.
1996,
Siu Ha Vivian Chu,
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.networking/browse_thread/thread/df52b9232607769c/9eeba5e6056bb696?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1
9eeba5e6056bb696
DEC vt320 --> linux boxen
in comp.os.linux.networking
: i can't seem to find any how-to regarding connecting a terminal to a linux via parallel port...
2002,
Gregory Seidman,
http://groups.google.com/group/muc.lists.debian.user/browse_thread/thread/f622a3da1225f845/7aecf55aabe92b83?lnk=st&q=boxen&rnum=4
7aecf55aabe92b83
serving debian to redhat boxen
in muc.lists.debian.user
:Furthermore, it is necessary that all four Linux have the same development environment...
Etymology:
An incorrect plural of
box
formed by analogy with
oxen
. While ox is subject to a special form of pluralization, box is correctly pluralized by the more common appending of 'es' to the end of the word, resulting in 'boxes'. Similar example would be 'foxes'.
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