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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>toy</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="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="touristic.html" title="touristic"/><link rel="next" href="toy-language.html" title="toy language"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">toy</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="touristic.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="toy-language.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="toy"/><dt xmlns="" id="toy"><b>toy</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A computer system; always used with qualifiers.</p></dd><dd><p> 1. <span class="firstterm">nice toy</span>: One that supports
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the speaker's hacking style adequately. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="firstterm">just a toy</span>: A machine that
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yields insufficient <a href="../C/computron.html"><i class="glossterm">computron</i></a>s for the speaker's
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preferred uses. This is not condemnatory, as is
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<a href="../B/bitty-box.html"><i class="glossterm">bitty box</i></a>; toys can at least be fun. It is also strongly conditioned
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by one's expectations; Cray XMP users sometimes consider the Cray-1 a
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<span class="firstterm">toy</span>, and certainly all RISC boxes and
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mainframes are toys by their standards. See also
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