beige box
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
beige box (plural beige boxes)
- (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.
- (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.
- (derogatory, by extension) An outdated personal computer.
Coordinate terms[edit]
(colored boxes, especially electronic ones):