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• friode /fri:'ohd/ n. [TMRC] A reversible (that is, fused or blown) diode.
  Compare fried; see also SED, LER...
• SED: [TMRC, from `Light-Emitting Diode'] /S-E-D/ n.
  Smoke-emitting diode. A {friode} that lost the war....
• SED /S-E-D/ n. [TMRC, from `Light-Emitting Diode'] Smoke-emitting diode.
  A friode that lost the war. See also LER....
• LER: /L-E-R/ [TMRC, from `Light-Emitting Diode'] n.
  A light-emitting resistor (that is, one in the process of burning up)....
• fried: adj. 1. 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....
• DED: /D-E-D/ n. Dark-Emitting Diode (that is, a burned-out LED).
  Compare {SED}, {LER}, {write-only memory}. In the early 1970s both Signetics and Texas instruments released DED spec sheets as {AFJ}s (suggested uses included "as a power-off indicator")....
• LER /L-E-R/ n. 1. [TMRC, from `Light-Emitting Diode'] A light-emitting resistor (that is, one in the process of burning up).
  Ohm's law was broken. See also SED. 2. An incandescent light bulb (the filament emits light because it's resistively heated)....
• DED /D-E-D/ n. Dark-Emitting Diode (that is, a burned-out LED).
  Compare SED, LER, write-only mem early 1970s both Signetics and Texas instruments released DED spec sheets as AFJs (suggested uses included "as a power-off indicator")....
• 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....