beige box

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A beige box desktop computer.

Noun

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beige box (plural beige boxes)

  1. (telephony, 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. (computing) 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. (derogatory, by extension) An outdated personal computer.

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(colored boxes, especially electronic ones):