[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

elevator controller n. an archetypal dumb embedded-systems application,
   like toaster which superseded it. during one period 1983-84 in the
   deliberations of ansi x3j11 the c standardization committee this was
   the canonical example of a really stupid, memory-limited computation
   environment. "you can't require `printf3' to be part of the default
   runtime library -- what if you're targeting an elevator controller?"
   elevator controllers became important rhetorical weapons on both sides
   of several holy wars.


see also:
toaster holy wars 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

elevator controller
     
        an archetypal dumb embedded-systems application, like
        toaster which superseded it.  during one period 1983--84
        in the deliberations of ansi x3j11 the c standardisation
        committee this was the canonical example of a really stupid,
        memory-limited computation environment.  "you can't require
        "printf3" to be part of the default run-time library - what
        if you're targeting an elevator controller?"  elevator
        controllers became important rhetorical weapons on both sides
        of several holy wars.
     
     
see also:
toaster holy wars 

Elevator >> E Words
Elevator, definition of term: Elevator
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Controller >> C Words
Controller, definition of term: Controller
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