bricking
Software/hardware industry term for failed updates
In agreement with the first poster to this term, bricking is commonly used in the electronics industry by software developers when updating a piece of hardware with a software update that renders the hardware useless after the update.
Examples of bricking: I just updated the set top box and I bricked it. I just got my itouch/iphone can't wait to jailbreak it. (a few hours later) "Oh Sh*t I just bricked it!"
Also in the dictionary
- bricking in energy and utilities