[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

toaster \toast"er\, n.
   1. one who toasts.
      1913 webster

   2. a kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
      1913 webster
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

appliance \appli"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
see also:
refrigerator washing machine clothes drier oven dishwasher toaster 
vacuum cleaner microwave oven 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

toaster
     n 1: a kitchen appliance usually electric for toasting bread
     2: someone who proposes a toast; someone who drinks to the
        health of success of someone or some venture syn: wassailer
see also:
wassailer 

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

toaster n. 1. the archetypal really stupid application for an embedded
   microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a
   scheme is inappropriate technology but see elevator controller.
   "dwim for an assembler? that'd be as silly as running unix on your
   toaster http://www.phys.uu.nl/~beljaars/reddwarf/script/4/4.whi" 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, esp. a mac in the original unitary case. 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." 5. a specialized computer used as an appliance. see
   web toaster, video toaster.


see also:
elevator controller dwim bitty box get a real computer toy beige toaster 
web toaster video toaster 

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

toaster
     
         1. the archetypal really stupid application for an
        embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments
        that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology but see
        elevator controller.  "dwim for an assembler?  that'd be
        as silly as running unix on your 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
     
     
see also:
application embedded microprocessor elevator controller dwim unix 
bitty box get a real computer toy beige toaster macintosh 
classic mac risc pc acorn computers ltd. drive bay jargon file 

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