Light-Emitting Resistor

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

light-emitting resistor

   <electronics, humour> (LER, from "{light-emitting diode}") A
   {resistor} in the final stages of burning up.

   (Though intended as purely humorous, the term could sensibly
   describe the filament of a common incandescent electric light
   bulb).

   See also {SED}.

   (1996-02-06)