toaster

2. A very, very dumb computer. "You could run this program on any dumb toaster."

See bitty box, Get a real computer!, toy, beige toaster.

3. A Macintosh, especially the Classic Mac. Some hold that this is implied by sense 2.

4. A peripheral device. "I bought my box without toasters, but since then I've added two boards and a second disk drive".

This is not usually to be taken literally but, to show off the expansion capabilities of the Risc PC, Acorn Computers Ltd. built a seven-slice machine (which they called "the rocket-ship") and installed every imaginable peripheral. In a spare drive bay of the top slice they installed a toaster. This machine was exhibited at various shows where it attracted attention by occasionally ejecting a pizza.

[Jargon File]

(1997-07-18)

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
 

Toaster \Toast"er\, n.

1. One who toasts. [1913 Webster]

2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, n.

1. The act of applying; application. [1913 Webster]

2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.]

--Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. A thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances. [1913 Webster]

4. Specifically: An apparatus or device, usually powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions. An appliance is often categorized as a major appliance or a minor appliance by its cost. Common major appliances are the refrigerator, washing machine, clothes drier, oven, and dishwasher. Some minor appliances are a toaster, vacuum cleaner or microwave oven. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

toaster

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Toaster \Toast"er\, n.

1. One who toasts.

2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)