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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. (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. 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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