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(1) A moniker applied to the original version of a product, typically hardware. For example, the first iPod with the click wheel became known as the classic model after the iPod touch was...
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Definition: Classic
(1) A moniker applied to the original version of a product, typically hardware. For example, the first iPod with the click wheel became known as the classic model after the iPod touch was released.
(2) A programming interface (API) in the PowerPC versions of the Mac OS X operating system that provided compatibility with earlier Mac OS 9 applications. Originally called the "Blue Box," Classic was dropped in the Intel versions of OS X and later for the PowerPC with the Version 10.5 (Leopard) of OS X. See Blue Box.
(3) A Mac or Mac operating system prior to Mac OS X. See Mac OS.
(4) A streamlined remake of the original "hi-rise" Macintosh. The Classic came out in 1990, six years after the first Macintosh was introduced. See Macintosh and Macintosh models - early.
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