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green machine
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green machine /n./ A computer or peripheral device that has
been designed and built to military specifications for field
equipment (that is, to withstand mechanical shock, extremes of
temperature and humidity, and so forth). Comes from the olive-drab
`uniform' paint used for military equipment.
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