crayon
1. Someone who works on {Cray} {supercomputer}s. More
specifically, it implies a programmer, probably of the {CDC}
ilk, probably male, and almost certainly wearing a tie
(irrespective of gender). Systems types who have a {Unix}
background tend not to be described as crayons.
2. A {computron} that participates only in {number crunching}.
3. A unit of computational power equal to that of a single
{Cray-1}. There is a standard joke about this usage that
derives from an old Crayola crayon promotional gimmick: When
you buy 64 crayons you get a free sharpener.
[{Jargon File}]
(1994-10-13)