2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00
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brick
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2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00
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n. 1. A piece of equipment that has been programmed or configured into a
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hung , wedged ,unusable state. Especially used to describe what happens to
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devices like routers or PDAs that run from firmware when the firmware image
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is damaged or its settings are somehow patched to impossible values. This
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term usually implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be
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unbricked by performing a hard reset or some other drastic operation.
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Sometimes verbed: Yeah, I bricked the router because I forgot about adding
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in the new access-list.. 2. An outboard power transformer of the kind
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associated with laptops, modems, routers and other small computing
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appliances, especially one of the modern type with cords on both ends, as
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opposed to the older and obnoxious type that plug directly into wall or
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barrier strip.
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