1. (From 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] (1995-02-16)
