Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

friode
     
         /fri:'ohd/ (TMRC) A reversible (that is,
        fused, blown, or {fried}) {diode}.  A friode may have been a
        {SED} at some time.
     
        See also {LER}.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1996-04-28)