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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>toast</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../T.html" title="T"/><link rel="previous" href="toad.html" title="toad"/><link rel="next" href="toaster.html" title="toaster"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">toast</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="toad.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="toaster.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="toast"/><dt xmlns="" id="toast"><b>toast</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">n.</span>Any completely inoperable
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system or component, esp. one that has just crashed and burned: “<span class="quote">Uh,
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oh ... I think the serial board is toast.</span>” (This sense went
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mainstream around 1993.) </p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To cause a system to
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crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting.
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“<span class="quote">Rick just toasted the <a href="../F/firewall-machine.html"><i class="glossterm">firewall machine</i></a>
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