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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>fried</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="freeze.html" title="freeze"/><link rel="next" href="frink.html" title="frink"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">fried</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="freeze.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="frink.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="fried"/><dt xmlns="" id="fried"><b>fried</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">adj.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. [common] Non-working due to hardware failure; burnt out.
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Especially used of hardware brought down by a <span class="firstterm">power glitch</span> (see
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<a href="../G/glitch.html"><i class="glossterm">glitch</i></a>), <a href="../D/drop-outs.html"><i class="glossterm">drop-outs</i></a>, a short,
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or some other electrical event. (Sometimes this literally happens to
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electronic circuits! In particular, resistors can burn out and
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transformers can melt down, emitting noxious smoke — see
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<a href="friode.html"><i class="glossterm">friode</i></a>, <a href="../S/SED.html"><i class="glossterm">SED</i></a> and
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<a href="../L/LER.html"><i class="glossterm">LER</i></a>. However, this term is also used
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metaphorically.) Compare <a href="frotzed.html"><i class="glossterm">frotzed</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. [common] Of people, exhausted. Said particularly of those who
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continue to work in such a state. Often used as an explanation or excuse.
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“<span class="quote">Yeah, I know that fix destroyed the file system, but I was fried
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when I put it in.</span>” Esp.: common in conjunction with <span class="firstterm">brain</span>: “<span class="quote">My brain is fried today, I'm very
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short on sleep.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="freeze.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="frink.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">freeze </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> frink</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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