1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embeddedmicroprocessor controlleroften 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)