Tory

n 1: an American who favored the British side during the American

Revolution [syn: {Tory}]

2: a supporter of traditional political and social institutions

against the forces of reform; a political conservative

[syn: {Tory}]

toy

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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