home box = H = home page

home machine n.

1. Syn. home box. 2. The machine that receives your email. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads email at work.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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