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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dink</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="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="ding.html" title="ding"/><link rel="next" href="dinosaur.html" title="dinosaur"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dink</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ding.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dinosaur.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dink"/><dt xmlns="" id="dink"><b>dink</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/dink/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> Said of a machine that has the <a href="../B/bitty-box.html"><i class="glossterm">bitty box</i></a>
nature; a machine too small to be worth bothering with &#8212; sometimes
the system you're currently forced to work on. First heard from an MIT
hacker working on a CP/M system with 64K, in reference to any 6502 system,
then from fans of 32-bit architectures about 16-bit machines.
&#8220;<span class="quote">GNUMACS will never work on that dink machine.</span>&#8221; Probably
derived from mainstream &#8216;dinky&#8217;, which isn't sufficiently
pejorative. See <a href="../M/macdink.html"><i class="glossterm">macdink</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ding.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dinosaur.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">ding </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dinosaur</td></tr></table></div></body></html>