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• ofty n. [IBM] Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who is largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
• ed wire: [IBM] n. Patch wires installed by programmers who have no business mucking with the hardware.
  It is said that the only thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a {softy} with a soldering iron....
• ed 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 a hardware guy with a code patch is a softy with a soldering iron....
• cryppie: /krip'ee/ n. A cryptographer. One who hacks or implements cryptographic software or hardware.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• wirehead: /wi:r'hed/ n. [prob. from SF slang for an electrical-brain-stimulation addict] 1.
  A hardware hacker, especially one who concentrates on communications hardware....
• check: n. A hardware-detected error condition, most commonly used to refer to actual hardware failures rather than software-induced traps.
  E.g., a `parity check' is the result of a hardware-detected parity error....
• ironmonger: [IBM] n. A hardware specialist (derogatory).
  Compare {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• wirehead /wi:r'hed/ n. [prob. from SF slang for an electrical-brain-stimulation addict] 1.
  A hardware hacker, especially one who concentrates on communications hardware....
• WIZARD n. 1. A person who knows how a complex piece of software or hardware work
  omeone who can find and fix his bugs in an emergency....