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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 also 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.”
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