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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>hamster</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="hammer.html" title="hammer"/><link rel="next" href="HAND.html" title="HAND"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">hamster</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hammer.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="HAND.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="hamster"/><dt xmlns="" id="hamster"><b>hamster</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [Fairchild] A particularly slick little piece of code that does
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one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The image is of a hamster
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<a href="happily.html"><i class="glossterm">happily</i></a> spinning its exercise wheel.</p></dd><dd><p> 2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a
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receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable.</p></dd><dd><p> 3. [UK] Any item of hardware made by Amstrad, a company famous for
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its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="hammer.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="HAND.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">hammer<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>HAND</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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