slap on the side

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slap on the side - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  slap on the side
  
     (Also called a sidecar, or abbreviated "SOTS").  A type of
     external expansion hardware marketed by computer manufacturers
     (e.g. Commodore for the Amiga 500/1000 series and IBM for
     the hideous failure called IBM PCjr).  Various SOTS boxes
     provided necessities such as memory, hard drive controllers,
     and conventional expansion slots.
  
     [Jargon File]