hamster

( n.)

   1.  [Fairchild]  A  particularly slick little piece of code that does
   one  thing  well;  a  small,  self-contained  hack. The image is of a
   hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel.

   2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a receiver
   on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable.

   3.  [UK]  Any  item of hardware made by Amstrad, a company famous for
   its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {Commonwealth Hackish}]