beige box
Generic office PC
A beige box is a generic personal computer, especially from the era when most desktop machines came in neutral tan plastic housings.
The term often carries dismissive connotations—emphasizing interchangeability and lack of distinction: Just another beige box running Windows.
The phrase evokes 1990s office computing before colorful designs and sleek aesthetics became standard.
Home computer, or tactful
- towerTall slender edifice
- desktopPrimary computer interface
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- genericNot brand-name
hardware · CPU · motherboard · RAM · hard drive · power supply · graphics card · cooling fan
PC
Home computer, or tactful
generic · hardware · CPU · motherboard · RAM · hard drive · power supply · graphics card · cooling fan · case
landline
Stationary wired telephone
- telephoneVoice communication device
- handsetHeld telephone component
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
corded · rotary · tone · dial · ringtone · answering machine · voicemail · PBX · switchboard · extension
beige boxgaming PC
Computer optimized for play
Alienware · Mac · Macintosh · workstation