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• andbender n. [IBM] A person involved with silicon lithography and the physical design of chips.
  Compare ironmonger, polygon pu...
• ironmonger: [IBM] n. A hardware specialist (derogatory).
  Compare {sandbender}, {polygon pusher}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ironmonger n. [IBM] A hardware specialist (derogatory). Compare sandbender, polygon pusher.
• 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...
• glass: [IBM] n. Synonym for {silicon}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• zipperhead: [IBM] n. A person with a closed mind. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• ectangle slinger n. See polygon pusher.
• blue wire: [IBM] n. Patch wires added to circuit boards at the factory to correct design or fabrication problems.
  These may be necessary if there hasn't been time to design and qualify another board version....