At 08:35 PM 30/12/99 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>What is the story behind geeks calling multiple computers "boxen"?
>Could it be that ox is to oxen as box is to boxen?
>
>It seems to be exclusive to geeks (and primarily those of a Unix
>persuasion I might add)!
I think it began with more than one Vax being called Vaxen (?), like vixen.
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