beige box

== English == === Noun === beige box (plural beige boxes) (telephony, hacking) A device used in phreaking, technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset: a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line. (computing) A desktop computer in the style typical of personal computers of the 1980s and 1990s, having a boxy off-white case and CRT monitor. (derogatory, by extension) An outdated personal computer. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (colored boxes, especially electronic ones):