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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Toaster \Toast"er\, noun
1. One who toasts.
2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Appliance \Ap*pli"ance\, noun
1. The act of applying; application.
2. subservience; compliance. [Obs.] --Shak.
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.
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}. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
toaster
noun
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)
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