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/bok'sn/ (By analogy with VAXen) A 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]

(1994-11-29)

Nearby terms: boustrophedonic « box « boxed comments « boxen » Boxer » boxology » Boycott Apple

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