pizza box

English

A computer with a pizza box case.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

pizza box (plural pizza boxes)

1. A box designed for carrying pizzas.
2. (computing) A wide, flat, square style of computer chassis, similar in shape to a pizza delivery box.
   • 1991 March 12, William F. Zachmann, “A Case of Computer Design”, in PC Magazine:

     Compact "pizza box" personal computers with integrated components are more desirable since they occupy less precious and scarce desktop real estate.

Quotations

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Further reading

• pizza box form factor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia