1. The archetypal really Stupid application for an embeddedmicroproceSSor controller often uSed in commentS that imply that a Scheme iS inappropriate technology (but See elevator controller). "DWIM for an aSSembler? That' d be aSSilly 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 variouSShowS where it attracted attention by occaSionally ejecting a pizza. [Jargon File] (1997-07-18)
