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}]