Sidecar

3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sidecar
       n 1: a cocktail made of orange liqueur with lemon juice and
            brandy
       2: conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the
          side of a motorcycle



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

  sidecar n. 1. Syn. {slap on the side}. Esp. used of add-ons for the
     late and unlamented IBM PCjr. 2. The IBM PC compatibility box that could
     be bolted onto the side of an Amiga. Designed and produced by Commodore,
     it broke all of the company's own design rules. If it worked with any
     other peripherals, it was by {magic}. 3. More generally, any of various
     devices designed to be connected to the expansion slot on the left side
     of the Amiga 500 (and later, 600 & 1200), which included a hard drive
     controller, a hard drive, and additional memory.
  
  

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

  sidecar
       
          1. Synonym {slap on the side}.  Especially used of add-ons for
          the late and unlamented {IBM PCjr}.
       
          2. The {IBM PC} compatibility box that could be bolted onto
          the side of an {Amiga}.  Designed and produced by {Commodore},
          it broke all of the company's own design rules.  If it worked
          with any other peripherals, it was by {magic}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]