toy: n. 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
computrons 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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