fried

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.  (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."  Esp. common in
   conjunction with `brain': "My brain is fried today, I'm very
   short on sleep."