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 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)
