Wort des Tages
12 May 2026
bricking
The state of an electronic device being rendered completely unusable by a failed or corrupted firmware or software change.
Warum dieses Wort
The name is literal: what is left is as useful as a brick. It matters most in kit that updates in the field, smart meters and inverters, where a lost connection mid write can leave nothing to log back into.
In use
Don't pull power halfway through that firmware push or you'll end up bricking the whole inverter and we're swapping the unit.
Written by our editors to show how the term is used, not a recorded quotation.