"violet box" meaning in All languages combined

See violet box on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: violet boxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} violet box (plural violet boxes)
  1. A device used in phreaking, employing a resistor to hold a payphone line open when it would usually be cut off. Coordinate_terms: blue box
    Sense id: en-violet_box-en-noun-hgbBgSep Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "id": "en-violet_box-en-noun-hgbBgSep",
      "links": [
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        ],
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          "phreaking",
          "phreaking"
        ],
        [
          "resistor",
          "resistor"
        ],
        [
          "payphone",
          "payphone"
        ],
        [
          "line",
          "line"
        ],
        [
          "cut off",
          "cut off"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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        ],
        [
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