sidecar

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sidecar - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sidecar
      n 1: a cocktail made of orange liqueur with lemon juice and
           brandy
      2: conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side
         of a motorcycle

sidecar - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  sidecar
  
     1. Synonym slap on the side.  Especially used of add-ons for
     the late and unlamented IBM PCjr.
  
     2. The IBM PC compatibility box that could be bolted onto
     the side of an Amiga.  Designed and produced by Commodore,
     it broke all of the company's own design rules.  If it worked
     with any other peripherals, it was by magic.
  
     [Jargon File]