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!"
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!"
by ricbax May 17, 2009
Get the brickingmug. a pound or kilogram of any drug (item requires clarification from speaker as to the amount intended)
by The Butcher of Raleigh June 19, 2003
Get the brickmug. To render your computer useless, as useless as a brick.
Usually the result of tampering with the insides and doing irreversible damage. Bricking your hardware leaves you with a new paperweight. Can be the end effect of a faulty flash or firmware update, a modification (mod) gone bad or being struck by lighting, to name a few.
Usually the result of tampering with the insides and doing irreversible damage. Bricking your hardware leaves you with a new paperweight. Can be the end effect of a faulty flash or firmware update, a modification (mod) gone bad or being struck by lighting, to name a few.
He managed to get his new iMac bricked while trying to boot WinXP on it.
I tried to change graphics cards while my computer was running but I only managed to get my machine bricked.
I tried to change graphics cards while my computer was running but I only managed to get my machine bricked.
by remmelt January 25, 2006
Get the brickedmug. (Marty called Randolph)
Marty: Yo I haven't seen you in a brick, wanna chill?
Randolph: Yeah sure.
"Yo man this uber is taking a brick to get here"
Marty: Yo I haven't seen you in a brick, wanna chill?
Randolph: Yeah sure.
"Yo man this uber is taking a brick to get here"
by Cheddar Cheese Clan (C.C.C) May 29, 2015
Get the Brickmug. by VAKI5 September 14, 2003
Get the brickmug. 
Get the the Bricksmug. Bricked refers to ANY hardware that is unable to start up due to bad software; Usually because of a bad software flash, a modification done improperly, loss of necessary files, being overheated from overclocking or overuse if the item is a lemon, a short-ciruiting, or a trojan that deletes necessary files for a few exaples.
The noob bricked his PSP becuase he took out the battery while running a firmware update. But he was updating to 2.6, so he's better off this way.
by RaiderX April 29, 2006
Get the Brickedmug.