Wirehead

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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. 2. An expert in
     local-area networks. A wirehead can be a network software wizard too,
     but will always have the ability to deal with network hardware, down to
     the smallest component. Wireheads are known for their ability to lash up


     an Ethernet terminator from spare resistors, for example.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  wirehead
       
           /wi:r'hed/ (Probably from SF slang for an electrical
          brain-stimulation addict) 1. A hardware hacker, especially one
          who concentrates on communications hardware.
       
          2. An expert in {local-area network}s.  A wirehead can be a
          network software wizard too, but will always have the ability
          to deal with network hardware, down to the smallest component.
          Wireheads are known for their ability to lash up an {Ethernet}
          {terminator} from spare resistors, for example.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-02-28)