Toaster

5 definitions found

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

  Toaster \Toast"er\, n.
     1. One who toasts.
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     2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, n.
     1. The act of applying; application.
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     2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     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.
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     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}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

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

  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}.
  
  

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

  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)