5 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fried \Fried\ (fr[imac]d),
imp. & p. p. of {Fry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fry \Fry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fried}; p. pr & vb n.
{Frying}.] [OE. frien, F. frire, fr L. frigere to roast,
parch, fry, cf Gr ?, Skr. bhrajj Cf {Fritter}.]
To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat,
butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in
boiling lard or fat; as to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
fried
adj : cooked by frying in fat [syn: {deep-fried}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
fried adj 1. [common] 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. [common] 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."
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
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,
I'm very short on sleep."
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-04-28)
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