BITTY BOX
\bˈɪti bˈɒks], \bˈɪti bˈɒks], \b_ˈɪ_t_i b_ˈɒ_k_s]\
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(Or "calculator") /bit'ee boks/ A computersufficiently small, primitive, or incapable as to cause ahacker acute claustrophobia at the thought of developingsoftware on or for it. The term is especially used of small,obsolescent, single-tasking-only personal computers suchas the Atari 800, Osborne, Sinclair, VIC-20, TRS-80or IBM PC, but the term is a general pejorative opposite of"real computer" (see Get a real computer!).See also mess-dos, toaster, toy.
By Denis Howe
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