"beige box" meaning in All languages combined

See beige box on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: beige boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} 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.
    Sense id: en-beige_box-en-noun-NuoqeY3M Categories (other): Telephony, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with entries, Telephony Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 53 1 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 54 44 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 51 2 Disambiguation of Telephony: 97 2 2 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony
  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.
    Sense id: en-beige_box-en-noun-2OY2PaDB Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 53 1 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 54 44 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 55 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 51 2 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Coordinate_terms: black box, blue box, brown box, gray box, green box, orange box, purple box, red box, silver box, white box, yellow box
  3. (derogatory, by extension) An outdated personal computer. Tags: broadly, derogatory
    Sense id: en-beige_box-en-noun-TTiu6AAi

Inflected forms

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