ironmonger n.
[IBM] A hardware specialist (derogatory).
Compare sandbender, polygon pusher.
[IBM] A hardware specialist (derogatory).
Compare sandbender, polygon pusher.
Related:
- ironmonger: [IBM] n. A hardware specialist (derogatory).
Compare {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}. -- The... - sandbender: [IBM] n. A person involved with silicon lithography and
the physical design of chips.
Compare {ironmonger}, {polygon pusher}. -- The... - sandbender n.
[IBM] A person involved with silicon lithography and
the physical design of chips.
Compare ironmonger, polygon... - rectangle slinger n.
See polygon pusher... - silicon n.
Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based
computer systems (compare iron).
Contrasted with software. See also sandbender... - silicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer
systems (compare {iron}).
Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}... - polygon pusher n.
A chip designer who spends most of his or
her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing
lots of multi-colored polygons).
Also `rectangle slinger'... - polygon pusher: n. A chip designer who spends most of his or her
time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing
*lots* of multi-colored polygons).
Also `rectangle slinger'. -- The AI Hackers... - red wire n.
[IBM] Patch wires installed by programmers who have
no business mucking with the hardware.
It is said that the only thing more dangerous than...
From the same category:
- gobble vt.
1. To consume, usu. used with `up'. "The
output spy gobbles characters out of a tty output buffer."
2.
To obtain, usu. used with `down'. "I guess I'll gobble... - beige toaster n.
A Macintosh. See toaster; compare
Macintrash,
maggotbox... - lobotomy n.
1. What a hacker subjected to formal management
training is said to have undergone.
At IBM and elsewhere this term is used by both hackers... - fred n.
1. The personal name most frequently used as a
metasyntactic variable (see foo).
Allegedly popular because it's easy for a non-touch... - greenbar n.
A style of fanfolded continuous-feed paper
with alternating green and white bars on it,
especially used in old-style line printers. This...
