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Beige Toaster N. A Macintosh. See Toaster; Compare Macintrash, Maggotbox.
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beige toaster n.
A Macintosh. See toaster; compare
Macintrash, maggotbox.
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beige toaster: n. A Macintosh. See {toaster}; compare {Macintrash}, {maggotbox}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
Macintrash: /mak'in-trash`/ n. The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface.
The term {maggotbox} has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina....
Macintrash /mak'in-trash`/ n. The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn't appreciate being kept away from the real computer by the interface.
The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina....
oaster: n. 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controlle
often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see {elevator controller})....
maggotbox /mag'*t-boks/ n. See Macintrash. This is even more derogatory.
web toaster n. A small specialized computer, shipped with no monitor or keyboard or any other external peripheral
pre-configured to be controlled through an Ethernet port and function as a WWW server....
video toaster n. Historically, an Amiga running LightWave and fitted out with a particular line of special video-display hardware from NewTek - long a popular platform at special-effects and video production houses.
More generally, any computer system designed specifically for video production and manipulation....
oaster n. 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controlle
often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller)....
Commodore: text toaster. Amiga: Video Toaster.