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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fry</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="FRS.html" title="FRS"/><link rel="next" href="fscking.html" title="fscking"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fry</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FRS.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="fscking.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fry"/><dt xmlns="" id="fry"><b>fry</b></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. <span class="grammar">vi.</span> To fail. Said especially
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of smoke-producing hardware failures. More generally, to become
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non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans.
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See <a href="fried.html"><i class="glossterm">fried</i></a>, <a href="../M/magic-smoke.html"><i class="glossterm">magic smoke</i></a>.
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</p></dd><dd><p> 2. <span class="grammar">vt.</span> To cause to fail; to
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<a href="../R/roach.html"><i class="glossterm">roach</i></a>, <a href="../T/toast.html"><i class="glossterm">toast</i></a>, or
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<a href="../H/hose.html"><i class="glossterm">hose</i></a> a piece of hardware. Never used of software or
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humans, but compare <a href="fried.html"><i class="glossterm">fried</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="FRS.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="fscking.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">FRS<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>fscking</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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