A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
1. nice toy: One that supports the speaker's hacking style
adequately.
2. just a toy: A machine that yields insufficient {computron}s for
the speaker's preferred uses. This is not condemnatory, as is {bitty
box}; toys can at least be fun. It is also strongly conditioned by
one's expectations; Cray XMP users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a
toy, and certainly all RISC boxes and mainframes are toys by their
standards. See also {Get a real computer!}.
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {bitty box}{computron}{Get a real computer!}{Macintoy}{toaster}]