English: "Toasternet" as defined by Bill Woodcock in 1993:

What is a Toasternet?

Toasternets are private, independent, Internet-connected networks that spring up in basements, closets, wherever there's space. They are built by individuals, often using bizarre mixtures of mismatched hardware and software. Prototype high-speed routers and network hardware nestle comfortably among antiquated UNIX hosts built from ten-year-old discarded parts; alpha-test software runs on machines salvaged from junkyards and dumpsters. Macintoshes run ported PCH software; PCs run one-of-a-kind operating systems. Many toaster nets seem at first like hellish tangles of junk, unlikely to work at all. Fact is, the intensity of competition, the rate of propagation, and the great variety of methods and combinations have created a form of electronic Darwinism. Software, protocols, and routing algorithms are born, fan out over the net, and disappear, prey to faster, more reliable, more portable new generations. Toasternets are a hothouse for technological standards, and we all profit from the resulting hybrid vigor. –Bill Woodcock