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Dead Adj. 1. Non-functional; Down; Crashed. Especially Used Of Hardware.
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dead adj.
1. Non-functional; down; crashed.
Especially used of hardware. 2. At XEROX PARC, software that is
working but not undergoing continued development and support.
3. Useless; inaccessible. Antonym: `live'. Compare dead code.
Related:
dead: adj. 1. Non-functional; {down}; {crash}ed. Especially used of hardware.
2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support....
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....
boat anchor n. [common; from ham radio] 1. Like doorstop but more severe
implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless....
boat anchor: n. 1. Like {doorstop} but more severe
implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless....
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....
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....
broken adj. 1. Not working properly (of programs).
2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression....
grunge /gruhnj/ n. 1. That which is grungy, or that which makes it so.
2. [Cambridge] Code which is inaccessible due to changes in other parts of the program....