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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>brick</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="Breidbart-Index.html" title="Breidbart Index"/><link rel="next" href="bricktext.html" title="bricktext"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">brick</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Breidbart-Index.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bricktext.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="brick"/><dt xmlns="" id="brick"><b>brick</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p>1. A piece of equipment that has been programmed or configured into a
<a href="../H/hung.html"><i class="glossterm">hung</i></a>, <a href="../W/wedged.html"><i class="glossterm">wedged</i></a>,unusable
state. Especially used to describe what happens to devices like routers or
PDAs that run from firmware when the firmware image is damaged or its
settings are somehow patched to impossible values. This term usually
implies irreversibility, but equipment can sometimes be unbricked by
performing a hard reset or some other drastic operation. Sometimes verbed:
&#8220;<span class="quote">Yeah, I bricked the router because I forgot about adding in the new
access-list.</span>&#8221;.</p></dd><dd><p>2. An outboard power transformer of the kind associated with laptops,
modems, routers and other small computing appliances, especially one of the
modern type with cords on both ends, as opposed to the older and obnoxious
type that plug directly into wall or barrier strip.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Breidbart-Index.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bricktext.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Breidbart Index </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bricktext</td></tr></table></div></body></html>