web toaster n.
A small specialized computer, shipped
with no monitor or keyboard or any other external peripherals,
pre-configured to be controlled through an Ethernet port and
function as a WWW server. Products of this kind (for example the
Cobalt Qube) are often about the size of a toaster. See
toaster; compare video toaster.
A small specialized computer, shipped
with no monitor or keyboard or any other external peripherals,
pre-configured to be controlled through an Ethernet port and
function as a WWW server. Products of this kind (for example the
Cobalt Qube) are often about the size of a toaster. See
toaster; compare video toaster.
Related:
- 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... - toaster n.
1. The archetypal really stupid application
for an embedded microprocessor controller;
often used in comments that imply that a scheme... - beige toaster n.
A Macintosh. See toaster; compare
Macintrash,
maggotbox... - Commodore: text toaster. Amiga:
Video Toaster... - beige toaster: n. A Macintosh. See {toaster}; compare
{Macintrash},
{maggotbox}. -- The AI Hackers... - toaster: n. 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an
embedded microprocessor controller;
often used in comments that imply that a scheme... - Free bank with the purchase of any
toaster... - Amiga n
A series of personal computer models originally
sold by Commodore,
based on 680x0 processors, custom support chips ... - Bored? Recite romantic poetry..
to your toaster....
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A privilege bit that allows the possessor to
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such as read or write any file on the system regardless... - comment out vt.
To surround a section of code with comment
delimiters or to prefix every line in the section with a comment
marker;
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[common] On Usenet, a posting
generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a
reply,
which goes by email rather than being broadcast). ... - waldo /wol'doh/ n.
[From Robert A. Heinlein's story
"Waldo"] 1.
A mechanical agent, such as a gripper arm, controlled...
