Widlarize

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-006599",
  "term": "Widlarize",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "To destroy a faulty electronic component or integrated circuit with a hammer, in the manner of the analog chip designer Bob Widlar, who was said to smash defective parts this way. Engineers use it half jokingly for dealing with a part that refuses to work. The anecdote was told by the engineer and columnist Bob Pease.",
  "subject": "Shop talk and trade slang",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Widlarisieren",
    "es": "Widlarizar",
    "fr": "Widlariser"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/widlarize/"
}