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• ironmonger n. [IBM] A hardware specialist (derogatory). Compare sandbender, polygon pusher.
• andbender: [IBM] n. A person involved with silicon lithography and the physical design of chips.
  Compare {ironmonger}, {polygon pusher}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• andbender n. [IBM] A person involved with silicon lithography and the physical design of chips.
  Compare ironmonger, polygon pu...
• ilicon: n. Hardware, esp. ICs or microprocessor-based computer systems (compare {iron}).
  Contrasted with software. See also {sandbender}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• 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 Dictionary...
• ofty: [IBM] n. Hardware hackers' term for a software expert who is largely ignorant of the mysteries of hardware.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ectangle slinger n. See polygon pusher.
• 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....
• playpen: [IBM] n. A room where programmers work. Compare {salt mines}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...