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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>toaster</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="toast.html" title="toast"/><link rel="next" href="toeprint.html" title="toeprint"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">toaster</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="toast.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">T</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="toeprint.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="toaster"/><dt xmlns="" id="toaster"><b>toaster</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded
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microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme
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is inappropriate technology (but see
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<a href="../E/elevator-controller.html"><i class="glossterm">elevator controller</i></a>). “<span class="quote"><a href="../D/DWIM.html"><i class="glossterm">DWIM</i></a> for an
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assembler? That'd be as silly as running Unix on your toaster!</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. A very, very dumb computer. “<span class="quote">You could run this program on
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any dumb toaster.</span>” See <a href="../B/bitty-box.html"><i class="glossterm">bitty box</i></a>,
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<a href="../G/Get-a-real-computer-.html"><i class="glossterm">Get a real computer!</i></a>, <a href="toy.html"><i class="glossterm">toy</i></a>,
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<a href="../B/beige-toaster.html"><i class="glossterm">beige toaster</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. A Macintosh, esp. a Mac in the original unitary case. Some hold
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that this is implied by sense 2. </p></dd><dd><p> 4. A peripheral device. “<span class="quote">I bought my box without toasters,
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but since then I've added two boards and a second disk drive.</span>”
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</p></dd><dd><p> 5. A specialized computer used as an appliance. See
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<a href="../W/web-toaster.html"><i class="glossterm">web toaster</i></a>, <a href="../V/video-toaster.html"><i class="glossterm">video toaster</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="toast.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../T.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="toeprint.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">toast </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> toeprint</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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