BOXEN


Meaning of BOXEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /bok'sn/ pl.n. ]

[very common; by analogy with VAXen ] Fanciful plural of box often encountered in the phrase `Unix boxen', used to describe commodity Unix hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.