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I remember it was originally used for smartphones, which makes sense because of their size is comparable to an actual brick.
by copperx 7y ago
I remember it was originally used for smartphones, which makes sense because of their size is comparable to an actual brick.
- DonHopkins 7y agoWhen computers were bigger heavier and not the size of cell phones, you could say "door stopped". https://www.techopedia.com/definition/18959/doorstop https://www.techopedia.com/definition/18959/doorstop But you can't keep a door opened with a broken cell phone, so they had to invent a new mobile-friendly term "bricked". For a mainframe or minicomputer, you could say "monolithed" or "bouldered".
- bazzargh 7y agoIt predates smartphones by at least a decade, maybe several decades. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/488450/etymology-bricked-to-render-an-electronic-device-inoperable https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/488450/etymology...