TRS-80

TRS-80 definition - hacker
A series of Personal Computers sold by Tandy Radio Shack decades ago. The “80” referred to the Zilog Z-80 processor in the machines. Many in the Computer Underground (CU) joke about these computers as being TRaSh-80s.

See Also: Computer Underground (CU).

Schell, B.H., Dodge, J.L., with S.S. Moutsatsos. The Hacking of America: WhoÂ’s Doing It, Why, and How. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2002.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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