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1.                 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   fry
      1. 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.  See
      fried, magic smoke.
      2. To cause to fail; to roach, toast, or hose a piece of
      hardware.  Never used of software or humans, but compare
      fried.