Browsing page 20 of words meaning computers, electronics, technology (587 words total)

noun - uncountable

• software that can be redistributed for free and (usually) without restriction.

  I picked up a CD of freeware from the bargain bin at Fry's.

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  Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

notes

• "Freeware" was originally the trademark of "PC-Talk" author Andrew Fluegelman. It has not been enforced since his disappearance in 1985.

  Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

adjective

• under the influence of drugs, often LSD ("acid").

  He was so fried last night.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: under the influence of hallucinogens (e.g. LSD).

  Last edited on Jul 01 1997. Submitted by Jared Meyer from MO, USA on Jul 01 1997.

• permanently impaired due to consuming too much LSD ("acid").

  He's done so much acid, he's fried.

  • See more words with the same meaning: permanently affected drug user.
  • See more words with the same meaning: under the influence of hallucinogens (e.g. LSD).

  Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by William A. from Big Sky, MT, USA on Jan 01 2000.

• non-functioning, in reference to electronic devices.

  That phone is fried.

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  Last edited on Aug 14 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• exhausted due to overwork, in reference to a person's brain.

  I can't read another chapter. My brain is fried.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: tired.

  Last edited on Nov 09 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 09 2011.

noun

• a useful tool or resource. Used frequently online to answer questions. See also RTFM.

  Question: How do I defrob the frobinator?
  
  Response: The manual is your friend. Read chapter 4.

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  Last edited on Jan 08 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Feb 06 2010.

verb

• on a social networking website, to add someone to one's list of friends.
  
  See also defriend, unfriend.
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  Last edited on Nov 18 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

verb - ambitransitive

• to die by the electric chair, or to kill by the electric chair.

  He's going to fry at midnight.

  The state fried him at midnight.

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  Last edited on Aug 02 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

verb - intransitive

• to be under the influence of drugs.

  He was frying last night.

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  Last edited on Jan 02 2003. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 02 2003.

verb - transitive

• to make fun of.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.

  Last edited on Sep 08 2004. Submitted by Renee A. on Sep 08 2004.

• to cause a piece of electronics to fail, usually in an unrecoverable way.

  Yeah, I spilled some Coke into my monitor and fried it.

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.

  Last edited on Aug 14 2009. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

interjection

• acronym for "For The Loss."

  My local sports team FTW! That other sports team FTL.

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  Last edited on Jul 06 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

adjective

• acronym for "face the wall." In multiplayer online computer gaming, a player will use the instant messaging function of a game to notify other players that he/she is temporarily not playing the game. Going "FTW" involves facing one's in-game avatar towards a wall as a sign that the player should be treated as a non-combatant.

  He went FTW so he could get a soda.

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  Last edited on Jan 12 2003. Submitted by Ray G. from Seattle, WA, USA on Jan 12 2003.

interjection

• acronym for "For The Win". Used as after a noun to indicate one's enthusiastic support for that noun.

  Obama FTW!

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  • See more words with the same meaning: to agree, support.

  Last edited on Apr 23 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 23 2009.

• acronym for "fuck the world".
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  Last edited on Apr 27 2010. Submitted by XoXo on Feb 25 2010.