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What (who) is toaster - definition

SMALL OVEN FOR COOKING BREAD
Pop-up toaster; Toaster oven; Toasters; Hot dog toaster; Hot Dog Toaster; Super toaster; Electric toaster; Conveyor toaster
  • A toaster oven
  • Toaster before the use of electricity
  • A toaster from 2008
  • A conveyor toaster
  • 1909}}
  • A hot dog toaster
  • General Electric Model D-12 toaster, from 1910s
  • filaments]] of a modern 2-slice toaster
  • United States patent]] #1,394,450. "Bread-Toaster", patented 18 October 1921 by [[Charles Strite]].

toaster         
(toasters)
A toaster is a piece of electrical equipment used to toast bread.
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toaster         
<jargon> 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)
toaster         
¦ noun
1. an electrical device for making toast.
2. a DJ who toasts.

Wikipedia

Toaster

A toaster is a small electric appliance that uses radiant heat to brown sliced bread into toast.

Examples of use of toaster
1. The Turbo Toaster can brown bread in just 50 seconds The traditional toaster runs a current through parallel metal wires or bars that take time to heat up and cool down.
2. "The machine is a collaboration between a toaster and an egg poacher.
3. "Hopefully the machine will become a common household item like a toaster," he said.
4. "Hopefully the machine will become a household item like a toaster.
5. This poses a potential fire hazard, especially if items are sitting on top of the toaster.