ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Bent pin analysis

Imagine you are playing with a puzzle with many small pieces that need to be connected together in a certain way. Now imagine if one of those small pieces is bent, meaning it is not straight like it should be. This can make it difficult (or even impossible) for the other pieces to connect properly.

The same thing can happen with electronics. There are many tiny metal pieces inside electronic devices that need to connect together in a specific way in order for the device to work properly. These tiny metal pieces are called pins.

If one of the pins is bent (meaning it is not straight like it should be), it can cause problems with the way the device works. For example, if a pin in a computer's CPU (the part of the computer that does all the thinking) is bent, the computer might not work at all or it might work very slowly.

So, bent pin analysis is the process of looking closely at these tiny pins inside electronic devices (like computer CPUs) to make sure they are all straight and in the right position. If a pin is found to be bent, it can be carefully straightened out so that it works properly again.