hardware, noun, uncountable
That part of a computer system which can be kicked.
Or dealt with even more decisively:
Lizzie Borden took an axe
And plunged it deep into the VAX.
Don't you envy people who
Do the things you want to do!
(Traditional)
_________
As they used to say:
Nothing sucks like a VAX.
This has two meanings, since a vacuum cleaner was once advertised with it (the latter as a variation of an old Electrolux slogan, where the Swedes were apparently well aware of the meanings of the verb).
The Book of Knowledge about the DEC VAX:
and about the vacuum cleaner and the slogan:
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