beige box

English

A beige box desktop computer.

Noun

beige box (plural beige boxes)

1. (telephony, hacking) A device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line.
2. (computing) A desktop computer in the style typical of personal computers of the 1980s and 1990s, having a boxy off-white case and CRT monitor.
3. (derogatory, by extension) An outdated personal computer.

Coordinate terms

(colored boxes, especially electronic ones):

• beige box
• black box
• blue box
• brown box
• gray box
• green box
• orange box
• purple box
• red box
• silver box
• white box
• yellow box