vi = V = videotex

video toaster n.

Historically, an Amiga fitted with a particular line of special video effects hardware from NewTek - long a popular platform at special-effects and video production houses. More generally, any computer system designed specifically for video production and manipulation. Compare web toaster and see toaster.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.