breadbox
nounUK /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/ · US /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/
Etymology From bread + box.
1
A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Slang A Commodore 64 computer.
- We had a computer at school, a Commodore 64. The thing had hardly any memory, not even one thousandth of an mp3-player kids use nowadays. To load a game you had to insert a cassette which transmitted a code by means of an endless series of beeps to a brown case we called "the bread box".2010, Barry Voeten, Colourcash, page 14:
- That's why he gave him a Commodore 64 in 1983. […] Nick […] had converted his cupboards so that the shelf in which the bread box was located could be pulled out a little. So the head was nicely in line with the TV.2020, Holger Weßling, Impossible Mission I & II - The Official Guide: