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Meaning of BOXEN

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Box"en\ (b[o^]ks"'n), a.
Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box
({Buxus}). [R.]

      The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves.   --Dryden.

 
Computing Dictionary
 
 Definition: 

/bok'sn/ (By analogy with vaxen) A fanciful plural of box often encountered in the phrase "Unix boxen", used to describe commodity unix hardware. The connotation is that any two Unix boxen are interchangeable.

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