/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. [Jargon File] (1994-11-29)

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