hamster
1. ({Fairchild}) A particularly slick little piece of code
that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The
image is of a hamster {happily} spinning its exercise wheel.
2. A tailless mouse; that is, one with an infrared link to a
receiver on the machine, as opposed to the conventional cable.
3. (UK) Any item of hardware made by {Amstrad}, a company
famous for its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles.
[{Jargon File}]
(1995-02-16)