a box full of distractions

a box, usually in beige or cream, with a keyboard, a mouse, a monitor and a hole for sticking disks

a expensive, complex stupid box, its what the user does that makes it stupid

a "fancy box" containing wires and other "devilry" that makes things happen on the screen (a device resembling a television set, but with fewer channels and a keyboard instead of a remote control)

A box hooked up to the net. Usually has one or more processors.

The box with the on/off switch and slots to put disks in. Anything not physically inside that box is not a computer. Don't point to your monitor and say, "That's my computer." It's not.