Is a toaster a computer

Answer 1

· They are both electric

· They both have to be plugged in

· They both have buttons and switches

· They both have a button to turn it on

Answer 2

Usually no, a toaster is simply a resistive heating element and some mechanical parts to hold the bread and eject it once the toasting has finished.

However some manufacturers may be including embedded computers in their very very expensive toasters to control them instead of mechanical controls. But it really makes little sense to me to add a $10 to $40 embedded computer to a device that usually sells for under $25 and works just fine without needing the computer.

Answer 3

This particular toaster is not a computer system. Although it may have some of the key features of one, it is not a computer system. Toasters can not store data, or process it either. For example, even if you were to put in frozen toast in the toaster, the toast would defrost itself but the toaster does not have a special sensor to sense or see how much more the toast needs to be warmed for. To summarise, the toaster can not change the temperature of its heat, even if the toast inside is all black and burnt, and will not need any more warming.

Answer 4

You put bread in a toaster and toast it and a computer is an advanced piece of technology that enables us to find answers to whatever question we might have.

Answer 5

They all require electricity to operate and it will eventually stop working,

Answer 6

A toaster has no memory.

Answer 7

It is not like a computer for the simple reason that it does not use binary code