toy

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
   {computron}s 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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