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chiphead

noun

Etymology

From chip + -head.

  1. inherited from *ċippian✻ — “to cut; hew”
  2. inherited from chippen
  3. derived from *ǵeyb-✻ — “to split; divide; germinate; sprout”
  4. inherited from *kippōną✻ — “to chip, chop”
  5. inherited from *kippōn✻ — “to cut; carve; hack; chop”
  6. derived from *ċippian✻
  7. inherited from ċipp — “chip; small piece of wood, shaving”
  8. inherited from chip
  9. suffixed as chiphead — “chip + head”

Definitions

  1. A microchip expert.

    • For all you chipheads, we use 0.5 micron process technology for our 486 devices.
    • Although [this book] focuses on technology, it's not an assault course for geeks. For one thing the spine's not wide enough for a chiphead manual.
    • That was the buzz at the latest Microprocessor Forum, an annual gathering of chipheads in Silicon Valley.

  2. A person strongly interested in or knowledgeable about computer hardware.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA