English
Etymology
An incorrect plural of box formed by analogy with oxen. While ox is subject to a special form of pluralization, box is correctly pluralized by the more common appending of 'es' to the end of the word, resulting in 'boxes'. Similar example would be 'foxes'.
Noun
boxen p
- context|computing|slang Multiple computers (or occasionally a single computer), especially those running Unix.
#*1996, Siu Ha Vivian Chu, DEC vt320 --> linux boxen in comp.os.linux.networking
#*: i can't seem to find any how-to regarding connecting a terminal to a linux boxen via parallel port...
#*2002, Gregory Seidman, serving debian to redhat boxen in muc.lists.debian.user
#*:Furthermore, it is necessary that all four Linux boxen have the same development environment...
Category:English plurals ending in "-en"
io:boxen
te:boxen
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