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• frotzed: /frotst/ adj. {down} because of hardware problems.
  Compare {fried}. A machine that is merely frotzed may be fixable without replacing parts, but a fried machine is more seriously damaged....
• 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....
• 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....
• fry 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures.
  More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans....
• fry: 1. vi. To fail. Said especially of smoke-producing hardware failures.
  More generally, to become non-working. Usage: never said of software, only of hardware and humans....
• oast 1. n. Any completely inoperable system or component, esp.
  one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ... I think the serial board is toast....
• oast: 1. n. Any completely inoperable system or component, esp.
  one that has just crashed and burned: "Uh, oh ....
• cray instability n. 1. A shortcoming of a program or algorithm that manifests itself only when a large problem is being run on a powerful machine (see cray).
  Generally more subtle than bugs that can be detected in smaller problems running on a workstation or mini....
• moby /moh'bee/ [MIT: seems to have been in use among model railroad fans years ago.
  Derived from Melville's "Moby Dick" (some say from `Moby Pickle')....