toast

(jargon)

1. Any completely inoperable system or component, especially one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast."

2. To cause a system to crash accidentally, especially in a manner that requires manual rebooting. "Rick just toasted the firewall machine again."

Compare fried.

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Dresser produced designs for a large number of manufacturers making textiles, glass, silver, ceramic and even toastracks and wallpaper, but his line of cast iron tables, stoves, fireplaces, coat stands, chairs and benches produced for Coalbrookdale from 1867 is among his best work.

Coalbrookdale: A cast-iron guarantee of quality; ANTIQUES W Proudlove

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