fried adj.
1. [common] Non-working due to hardware
failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a
`power glitch' (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or
some other electrical event. (Sometimes this literally happens to
electronic circuits! In particular, resistors can burn out and
transformers can melt down, emitting noxious smoke -- see
friode, SED and LER. However, this term is
used metaphorically.) Compare frotzed. 2. [common] Of
people, exhausted. Said particularly of those who continue to work
in such a state. Often used as an explanation or excuse. "Yeah,
I know that fix destroyed the file system, but I was fried when I
put it in." Esp. common in conjunction with `brain': "My
brain is fried today, I'm very short on sleep."
1. [common] Non-working due to hardware
failure; burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down by a
`power glitch' (see glitch), drop-outs, a short, or
some other electrical event. (Sometimes this literally happens to
electronic circuits! In particular, resistors can burn out and
transformers can melt down, emitting noxious smoke -- see
friode, SED and LER. However, this term is
used metaphorically.) Compare frotzed. 2. [common] Of
people, exhausted. Said particularly of those who continue to work
in such a state. Often used as an explanation or excuse. "Yeah,
I know that fix destroyed the file system, but I was fried when I
put it in." Esp. common in conjunction with `brain': "My
brain is fried today, I'm very short on sleep."
Related:
- fried: adj. 1. Non-working due to hardware failure;
burnt out. Especially used of hardware brought down... - drop-outs n.
1. A variety of `power glitch' (see
glitch);
momentary 0 voltage on the electrical mains. 2... - drop-outs: n. 1. A variety of `power glitch' (see {glitch});
momentary 0 voltage on the electrical mains. 2. Missing... - glitch /glich/
[very common; from German `glitschig' to
slip,
via Yiddish `glitshen', to slide or skid] 1. n. A ... - fry
1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing
hardware failures.
More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never... - glitch: /glich/ [from German `glitschen' to slip, via Yiddish
`glitshen',
to slide or skid] 1. n. A sudden interruption in ... - fry: 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware
failures.
More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never... - bug n.
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or
piece of hardware,
esp. one that causes it to malfunction. Antonym... - bang
1. n. Common spoken name for ! (ASCII 0100001),
especially when used in pronouncing a bang path in...
From the same category:
- nybble /nib'l/ (alt. `nibble') n.
[from v.
`nibble' by analogy with `bite' =>
`byte'] Four bits; one hex digit; a half-byte. ... - topic drift n.
Term used on GEnie, Usenet and other
electronic fora to describe the tendency of a thread to drift
away from the original subject of discussion (and thus,
from the Subject... - Zork /zork/ n.
The second of the great early experiments
in computer fantasy gaming;
see ADVENT. Originally written on MIT-DM during... - blow an EPROM /bloh *n ee'prom/ v.
(alt. `blast an
EPROM',
`burn an EPROM') To program a read-only memory, e.g... - Missed'em-five n.
Pejorative hackerism for AT&T System V
Unix,
generally used by BSD partisans in a bigoted mood....
