meaning of fried

1. imp. & p. p. of Fry.
2. of Fry
3. fried 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. " Especially common in conjunction with "brain": "My brain is fried today, Im very short on sleep. " [Jargon File]

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