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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....
• 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....
• broken: adj. 1. Not working properly (of programs).
  2. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression....
• 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....
• boat anchor: n. 1. Like {doorstop} but more severe
  implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless....
• SAIL:: /sayl/, not /S-A-I-L/ n. 1. The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab.
  An important site in the early development of LISP...
• hardwired: adj. 1. In software, syn. for {hardcoded}.
  2. By extension, anything that is not modifiable, especially in the sense of customizable to one's particular needs or tastes....
• 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....
• die: v. Syn. {crash}. Unlike {crash}, which is used primarily of hardware, this verb is used of both hardware and software.
  See also {go flatline}, {casters-up mode}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...