salt mines n.
Dense quarters housing large numbers of programmers working
long hours on grungy projects, with some hope of seeing the end
of the tunnel in N years. Noted for their absence of sunshine.
Compare playpen, sandbox.
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salt substrate n.
[MIT] Collective noun used to refer to potato chips, pretzels,
saltines, or any other form of snack food designed primarily as a
carrier for sodium chloride. Also `sodium substrate'. From the
technical term `chip substrate', used to refer to the silicon on
the top of which the active parts of integrated circuits are
deposited.