A toaster is a device to cook bread Toaster, or The Toaster, may also refer to: Technology Toaster (software), a self-contained software package ("appliance") meant for electronic distribution or for burning onto CD-ROM Video Toaster, a live video-production suite from NewTek used on Amiga EMD AEM-7, an electric railroad locomotive commonly nicknamed Toaster Toaster, in Microsoft codename jargon, a hardware equivalent of fictional entities used in documentation and sample code as placeholders to be redefined by third-party developers Other uses The Toasters, a ska band Cylon (Battlestar Galactica), fictional characters in Battlestar Galactica referred to as "Toasters" Bennelong Apartments, in Sydney, Australia, colloquial name "The Toaster" or "Toaster building" Electronic organ, sometimes referred to as a toaster The Toaster, a character in The Brave Little Toaster (novel), a children's book Toaster Nsabata, a Zambian football goalkeeper See also Toasting, talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat by a deejay (Jamaican) Toast (disambiguation) Towcester, a place in Northamptonshire, England. Poe Toaster, a mysterious figure who pays an annual tribute to American author Edgar Allan Poe