Toast (computing)

Toast (computing)

In software engineering, a toast is a small, informational window displayed by certain kinds of software, especially instant messaging clients such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Trillian. Toasts notify users of various kinds of events, such as reception of new e-mail, a change in a peer's availability, or a change in network connectivity.

A Google employee, formerly a Microsoft Employee, is credited with coining the term during the development of MSN Messenger, since Messenger's small notification windows slide upward into view, like toast popping out of a toaster Fact|date=October 2007.

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* [http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/WinMessenger/winmessenger/overview/toast.asp Coordinating Toast Pop-ups Between Multiple Clients]


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