hamster
:hamster: n. 1. [Fairchild] A particularly slick little piece of code
that does one thing well; a small, self-contained hack. The image is of
a hamster happily
spinning its exercise wheel. 2. A tailless mouse;
that is, one with an infrared link to a receiver on the machine, as
opposed to the conventional cable. 3. [UK] Any item of hardware made by
Amstrad, a company famous for its cheap plastic PC-almost-compatibles.
Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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